DANIEL SMITH 285610005 Extra Fine Essentials Introductory Watercolor, 6 Tubes, 5ml, Blue/Transparent/Yellow

Amazing quality. You get more than what you pay for here.

While I have been disappointed with Daniel Smith (the dot pages of their entire line of paints is a non-starter), their Extra Fine Essentials are terrific! These basics are lush, saturated, vibrant paints that can make millions of other color combinations. A real value!

This was the first high quality watercolors I tried. Im more use to the student grade watercolors that come in pans. I found that I much prefer the tubes over the pan and half pan watercolors. Simply put, you get more paint in the tubes than you do in the pans. I like to refill my empty pans with the paint from the tubes. When I bought this set, I was very interested in mixing my own colors and was just starting to learn color theory. This set gives you both a warm and cool value of the prime colors. 2 yellows (one warm, one cool); 2 Reds (one warm, one cool); 2 Blues (one warm, one cool). Some artists like to have one warm and one cool value for each prime. Others believe you should just use Magenta, Cyan, and Yellow as you can get any value from those three prime colors. I lean more to the later group after my own studies but your experiments may differ. Regardless, its all about learning and having fun, while creating works that move and inspire--this watercolor set helps you do that. I found the pigments to be of substantial saturation and mixing my own colors was smooth. I would recommend this primary color set to anyone interested in making the leap into mixing their own colors and looking to save a few dollars on having to purchase a large range of colors.

Havent tried it yet. Unfortunately has very less quantity over the price. Will only know once I try it... as to what exactly is the hype...

These paints are very beautiful!

I was surprised by how small these tubes were but their size IS put in the description so this isn’t a negative comment. They’re the size of my pinky but they hold enough to fill my pans fill with plenty leftover in my tube. The colors are vibrant and activate easily in the pan I put them in.

Love Daniel Smith paints

Beautiful intense color

Cores vibrantes. Qualidade de topo

I like the idea these are natural. The colors are brilliant.