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

These are student grade watercolors. Spend a little more and get the artist quality if you want to avoid paying twice. The colors are less vibrant and transparent than the higher quality paints. Brand doesnt matter as long as you stick to the artist line. I regret the money and time I wasted using inferior products.

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

The colors themselves are decent (although I do wish they would have provided Sap Green instead of Viridian green). The paint flows out easily and is quite good for intermediate painters. However, I have a major problem: the lids arent easy to twist off and on. After youve opened a tube, the lid wont go back on straight and youre forced to leave it askew, risking drying the paint inside the tube. Opening the lid is another major effort - you almost have to wrestle to get it to turn and being small and rough, its very difficult. Most of time the tube itself will start turning instead of the lid itself. With this kind of practical problem, I wont recommend this or buy it again.

Decent for young beginner student quality, but not university quality... The pigments were weak and frustrating to get desired contrast and intensity. Winsor & Newton make some good watercolors but NOT in the Winton brand!

I didnt like the colors in this set. They also were more difficult to use than previous paints that I had used.

Great price and great paints. Our watercolor instructor (professional painter) told us that the Cotman series of Watercolor, (per an X Winsor Newton employee, was the same grade as the professional grade series, but with different packaging). I actually bought these in conjunction with the Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colour Compact so that mixing pans in the compact could be used for mixing and storage in the event there was some dried unused tube paints. (NOTE: Regarding price, . . . I purchased in Nov. 2017 when they were $20.87)

The tubes were smaller than expected, but at least I have a chance to see if I want to order more of individual colors. So far they worked well in a couple of cards I made.

Great product! Great Price!

I am new to watercolors and so was wondering why I couldnt get the vibrant colors that I saw online. Then I learned about pigment. LOL I am very pleased with these cotmans theyre excellent.

Nice product for the beginning watercolorist and priced well.