Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Paint Set, 12 Colors, 8ml (0.27-oz) Tubes

Its a nice palette of colors to work with and they mix well with each other. They are heavily pigmented and transparent. Although they are not professional grade, they seem to be very close. I am very pleased with blending and lifting of these colors. I dont know why anyone wouldnt be pleased with these watercolors. The flow characteristics works best with High quality paper. I recommend Arches...

great set of basic colors.... everything you need to get started mixing colors and some extras. Would have prefered grey instead of black and white is only a nice to have, but all of that said, this set is a great value.

Great paint

The only problem i found was that the paints shriveled up a bit after a couple of days of use. Other than that, its absolutely great!!

I used to watercolor when I was in elementary school and Id just started getting back into it; but this is on a WHOLE NEW LEVEL. As a kid I was used to using the rectangular Crayola palettes where you dip your brush into the water and then into a well of solid paint and then onto the paper. But, oh my god wow, the Winsor & Newton Cotman water color tubes are in a completely different league. Both brands (Crayola and Winsor & Newton Cotman) are equally good but are definitely better suited for different age groups. Heres what I liked and didnt like (or I guess the things I needed to get used to) about this product: Likes: -Good value; the tubes are deceivingly small but the amount of paint you use each time is almost microscopic so a little goes a long way -Nice variety of colors -All paints are very highly pigmented -Metal tube prevents air from entering the tube and drying out the paint -Paints can be mixed together to customize new shades -Opacity of color can be adjusted by the amount of water you add Aspects That Definitely Have A Learning Curve To Em: -Amount of paint you need to put down-->I learned this the hard way, DO NOT, do NOT squirt out the same amount as your would acrylic paint, in the tube, the paint is incredibly concentrated and so when you add water to it, if you squirt out a lot of paint, youll end up with a lot of water coloring paint and not know what to do with it -Do I add water to the paint or vice versa? -->Im still not sure which way it goes but I find it easiest to first add the paint to my palette (since essentially Im just dabbing the tip of the tube onto the palette) and then adding in water -Making new colors-->this can be done couple of way. So far Ive found 2. The first way is to dab the colors you want to mix first onto the palette and then add water. The second way, which I found is helpful when you dont want to waste colors that youve already added water to, is to take some of a colored water (i.e. a previous color youve made) and add it to either another colored water or to new dab of paint. (ex. dab of red from tube + blue water = purple water)

Windsor and Newton Water Colors are wonderful

Very good product.

it has really nice set of basic, vibrant colors. used to use koi watercolor set but it started to crack up, so i got this tube ones and so far so good!

I was going off to Art School and didnt have a lot to spend. So of course I needed to find a Water Color set that was affordable, but had and could hold up to the the same quality as the expensive ones. I came across the Winsor & Newton Cotman Series. I have been a big fan of Winsor & Newton brand since they tend to stand for High Quality products and I have never been disappointed from any of their products I own. These colors are Awesome! They are affordable (the packs and when you buy them individually) and have the same High Quality Standards as their more expensive lines. They hold up great, some of the tubes Ive had for years and havent lost their color or texture. P.S This item is also listed as a childrens toy which I would serious disagree with. Theyre more for professional artist and people who been painting and know about mixing colors, etc... If your child is just learning how to use watercolors, learning about art, fine artist potential and I used these when I was in Middle School (which I got into my middles school for art, I went to a magnet school); I would recommend Crayola Artista II Semi-Moist Watercolors - Semi-Moist Watercolors (which I have written a review for).

It has such amazing quality, the texture is so nice.