Testing 100+ Year Old Watercolor Paint..(& trying to paint with it lol)

I recently got ahold of an antique watercolor palette from the 1920's! Making it over 100 years old. Today I'm gonna unbox it, clean it and paint with it

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[violalalinor]

sorry, i dont get the part with the "native americans", i don't really... well... can somebody tell me???

[ChloeRoseArt]

How natural these pigments look!! It's amazing to think about how old these are and how art supplies have changed. since. Also beautiful portrait!!

[TheAverageArtist]

That palette has been USED. Yes people need to chill about using 'old things'. Surely making a video about the art supply and using it instead of it going in the bin is SO much better?

[courtneyperry]

As someone interested in studying art preservation and archiving, artists like you presenting these things to a broad audience is really important for posterity and using old art supplies helps us all understand pigment and production history.

[TheAverageArtist]

But like how are these pigments still good and natural? They look better than some paints you can buy today :O

[tiberiussugarplum]

I collect Vintage clothes from the 30s to 70s and trust me, I wear all of them lol. Things are made to be used. Why just let them sit somewhere and decay even more?

[missydomingo]

As a native woman I still get sadly super excited when natives or indigenous people in general are mentioned anywhere. We’re generally ignored. I appreciate it.

[MiraByler]

Ahh I love when you give some art history in your vids. Also, this editing! 🔥

[TheArtsyEldar]

Makes me wonder if one day someone in 2120 is gonna have my watercolour palette and be like "look guys, a palette from the 20s, whoever owned this thing back in the day uhh... it's well loved"

[jessicatogado]

Imagine if the brown was made out of mummy's and the green was made of arsenic💀💀💀

[sillybilly]

Interesting, probably the most interesting yet of the old art supplies

[sophieh]

As an actual archaeologist I can say that using old paint causes me no pains at all. 😂 if anything this is a digital record and more useful then keeping it behind glass in a museum

[yellowRose]

The vintage watercolors are some of my favorite vintage art videos! The colors are a mystery. You never know what you're gonna get.

[notavailabletilltomorrow]

That green looks like Paris green, it’s very possible it is made with arsenic so I would keep the pallet sealed after this.

[Hannah-ozvv]

omg hi! u inspired me to start painting and doing art! i’m only 13 and i’ve already got so many supplies based off of what u like! thank you for being you!

[TOUCHOFBELLA]

What’s crazy is that I look at these colors as see the fabrics from back then. Think about it, b/w then a muted color then vivid color. There are the saturation’s they lived in! This is amazing!!!

[melzordtv]

I think you should have “soaked” the paints. Since it has been drying over a century. Like just sprayed it with water in a spray bottle and let it sit there for a minute. Could’ve helped

[luxerett]

rae's art supplies will be the future "100 year old" series

[lazygazzzer]

Hi Rae, these are great vids! Nice to see somebody taking an interest in traditional paints and colour pigments.
As far as I am aware, traditional watercolours were not highly pigmented in this is to do with the common practice of applying them. The painting was built-up in layers, one transparent layer on top of another until the desired depth of colour was achieved. A watercolour painting done in this way would take quite a bit of time to complete. The white paper was used to show lightness shining through the paint layers.
Your water colour box of paints would probably follow this tradition. They probably don't contain much honey or clycerine in the formulation to make them soft.
These days You get TV artists who want to get a painting done in half an hour. So they soak the paper with clean water, load-up their brush with soft watercolour and liberally slosh it around with a great deal of panache, and impress everybody with their skill and magic. And this has become the way that everybody wants to paint with watercolour. Modern paints cater to this new style with highly pigmented and moist formulations. Different paint, different times.

[CreativeButterfly]

Who wants Rae to be the art history teacher! She can literally find any old paints and experiment with them! 💖💖💖✨✨✨❤❤❤🥰🥰