Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Paint Set, 12 Half Pans w/ Water Brush Pen and Mixing Palette

I have A LOT of professional, expensive paints, which are great. But Cotman paints, while not professional, are AWESOME. They’re affordable, easy to rewet, compact, beautiful colors, etc. I think these “student grade” watercolors are WAY above any of the other student grade watercolors on the market. I actually bought the Cotman 48 color set to expand my professional color pallete because I think they’re so great. This little set is great for a minimal desk pallete or a travel pallete.

I bought all these watercolor pens but these are way better and cheaper. I love them!

Nice compact set. Reasonable price. Only issues are that paint is harder to lift from brand compared to Van Gogh and set contains black and white (which arent many artists do not use for watercolor).

For my first real watercolor set these are really nice opaque paints. My only issue with this set is that instead of chinese white they could have used a warm red color. I ended up buying a separate tube and it was really easy to pop the white out of the pan to replace it. The mixing wells also dont cause the paint to bead up when mixing so I overall really enjoy this product.

I mostly use watercolor to colorize pen and pencil drawings. So this little set is easy to use in that regard. Interesting when mixing colors, as the primary colors arent so primary. But makes it an adventure! Would def recommend, especially for the price.

Really like this little set! I recently bought this other set https://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Cotman-Colour-Compact/dp/B00004THXH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472576228&sr=8-1&keywords=cotman+compact+watercolor+set to try out watercolor painting and I really like it but it was still a little larger than I wanted for taking with me. The other pocket set https://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Cotman-Colour-Compact/dp/B00004THXI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472576228&sr=8-1&keywords=cotman%2Bcompact%2Bwatercolor%2Bset is a bit cheaper which is great but the brush is TINY. Nothing but detail work is possible. The best thing about these sets is that the pans are all removable so I can swap around what I want in each set. The basics are repeated but after buying the compact set I felt I wanted a few other colors, even though I can mix. Mostly I wanted the black, violet and gray. I think these are great paints for someone just starting out who wants something better quality but still affordable. They mix nicely and a little goes a LONG way. But I mostly love this set because of the water brush! I wasnt sure about it at first, considering how simple it looks, but it goes together easily AND securely, the pieces are tight enough when fitted together that it doesnt leak around the join, even with pressure. Now the tip stays nice and pointy and seems to be continuously wet, but does not leak a bunch of water out. That is until you squeeze it, then it does let out large beads above the tip if you push too hard. I found that very gentle pressure wets the brush without the big drop of water coming out and possibly ruining your work. This is my first water brush and I REALLY like it. The tip on this is still fairly small, but I mostly like working on smaller pieces anyway. You can also fit the brush in the pan when its filled with water, and the area holding the brush is smartly thought out. It has inserts that keep the brush from sliding around, so the brush wont slide left or right, risking the tip being smushed against the side. I discovered also that the tip comes apart into two pieces as well, which means you could easily rinse the brush out for cleaning when you get home, etc. If I had found this set first I would have bought it instead of the compact set probably but I like having both. The compact set has more areas for mixing, and has a nice thumb hole for holding on to it which is convenient if you dont have a flat surface to set your paint on, and even a little side pan for water (I use it for another mixing spot). The water brush also fits into the compact set if you wanted to take it along in that. The thing that I prefer about this set though is that the pans are more separated, AND they fit down into the openings for them. On the compact set there are these little bits that stick out which seem to be meant to hold the pans in if you push them down, but instead I found that they either dont do that at all, OR the pans pop back up flying out of the compact completely. So Ive just let them be but then they stick up and jiggle around.

It’s perfect! If you need a “lil” watercolor in your life this ones a winner. It’s too cute. I placed the worlds tiniest magic 8 ball and my airpod pros on top of my ipad pro for size reference.

as described, my daughter loves it, good starter set, may re-purchase...

Beautiful colors that mix well together but the water brush was way to small for me to like.

I have seen a lot of reviews from beginners to professional Experts thats these are very easy to use and I expect the same also I am planning to use these for card making youths and am very excited to use these so hopefully I will send more photos after using them but I expects the best since Windsor and Newton is one of my favorite brands