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

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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)

Great paint

Perfect color choices for basic palette - except I wish it had Paynes Grey - but thats easy enough to supplement.

This brand was recommended to me by a fellow artist and I have to say they don’t disappoint. The pallet has a nice lineup of colors and the price was pretty good for the number of tubes in the set.

Great product! Great Price!

When I first started with watercolors I wanted to see if I liked the medium and didnt want to spend a ton of money so I purchased a set of 24 Masters Touch Watercolor tubes for either $9.99 on sale. I created some nice little practice pieces with them so I decided to upgrade a little bit and went with the Windsor Newton Cotman set that everyone on a watercolor group I am in recommended. In all honesty I like the cheap set just as much if not more than the WNCs. The picture I am including is a quick color swatch done with both sets. The top row is the WNC and the bottom row is Masters Touch. As you can see, the colors are so close in color and vibrancy that its not worth the extra cost to me and I got a lot more colors with Masters Touch for a lot less $$. I paint only for myself for stress relief so I dont feel a need to invest a great deal of money to dabble. If I decide to get serious, I will save my money for some Daniel Smith tubes.

product as expected and arrived on time

If you can find these Cotmans for $2.00 apiece its a good deal. Color selection is pretty good. Had to supplement with 4 other colors to suit my needs. Those were on sale at the art store for $2.79. Normally around $4.

great set of colors. Would love to build on this set with a larger variety of colors. This is a great beginning set to start off with. I purchased this after owning a cheaply made set where in some cases the colors used to make the pigment separated in the water so I was really happy to get a nice set.