Winsor & NewtonCotman Watercolour, 'Sketchers' Pocket Set' , 12 x Half Pans + 1 x Travel Brush, Pack of 1

This brand deserves its reputation as one of the best.This beautiful little set provides just about all you need to get started - sufficient colours, a palette/case and a little brush. Just add a pad of suitable paper, some water and a little inspiration, and you're off!I use this if I'm just creating little sketches at home, or when I go for walks with the intention of capturing a bit of the countryside.The colours are beautiful and there are enough to provide all you need to create beautiful paintings. They mix well too, allowing you to expand your palette with no problem.The brush is a little bit lacking - it works ok, but you'll very quickly want to augment that with some others.The palette part - i.e. the inside of the lid, is adequate to have enough colour for your painting, you may just have to wipe it down a couple of times during a painting when you're out and about if you need to mix some additional colours.The size of the kit is tiny - it easily fits in a coat pocket or bag.I have no complaints.

Wonderful set of watercolours and is very high quality.

I love these paints ideal to throw it in your bag and go somewhere to paint very compact

Summary: Good watercolour paints, especially for beginners but the colours advertised on Amazon are not what you will get. Do not get your heart set on certain colours. Make sure to check the colours you get so if you decide to add to your set you won't accidentally have duplicates.I want to add this is not an Amazon issue, this appears to be on Winsor & Newton website too.Colours in advert: Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red, Permanent Rose, Dioxazine Purple, Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue Hue, Viridian Hue, Sap Green, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Chinese White.Colours received: Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine, Intense Blue, Viridian, Sap Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Chinese White.I've had this palette for a while now, I've finally got to using the colours and they're great. A wonderful selection of colours what will push you to be more colourful with your painting and not rely on blacks to darken the colours. I will add the colour palette I received is a little subdued and less vibrant than I'd have liked in an ideal world but it's a good start! I have since bought additional half pans to add to the collection.WN Cotman watercolours are excellent for beginners. I hadn't touched watercolours for about 13 years and got this small travel set to dip my toes into watercolour again. Lots of fun, compact little case with a tiny travel brush. These are half-pan watercolours so each colour is about 1.9x1.6x1.1 cm.

This is a great little watercolour set, perfect for new watercolourists, or those who like to have a compact kit to take with them to use "plein-air" or on the go.It comes with a warm and cool of each colour, plus the standard yellow ochre, burnt sienna and burnt umber. With these 11 pans, almost any colour is possible through mixing. It also includes a white, which many watercolourists don't use as it will make your gorgeous transparent colours opaque, but it is a personal preference, and can be replaced with a different colour (such as Payne's Grey).Colours included are:• Lemon Yellow (hue) - cool• Cadmium Yellow (hue) - warm• Alizarin Crimson (hue) - cool• Cadmium Red Pale (hue) - warm• Ultramarine blue- cool• Cerulean Blue (hue) - warm• Viridian green (hue) - cool• Sap Green - warm• Yellow Ochre• Burnt Sienna• Burnt Umber• Chinese WhiteIt comes with a small travel brush. This is not a large set, and is smaller than it looks in the product photos. Keep in mind, these are half pans. It's about the size of a normal mobile phone. They come wrapped and fit perfectly in their pans. Just pop a new "half-cake" in when you run out.This review is specifically for the "Winsor & Newton 390640 Cotman Watercolour Paint Set, Sketchers' Pocket Box with 12 x Half Pans with Brush".

I ordered this set following a recommendation I saw on YouTube for art journalling. I could immediately see that this was a quality product, as soon as I unpacked it. It's very tactile and compact and comes with the cutest little brush with a metal handle, which doubles up as a cap to keep the brush bristles safe. Those reviewers who complained that it is very small, could perhaps refer to the name of the product "pocket box". It will indeed easily fit in your pocket, which makes it very transportable and ideal for travelling, hiking, etc. The colours are strong and vibrant containing a high level of pigments. I first tried using an inferior type of watercolour paint and I can really see the difference between that and this quality product. I bought it at a very affordable price (much cheaper than eBay!) If you run out of a certain colour, you can just replace the individual pans or try a new colour out of the 40 different shades available. I love, love, love this paint set. Now I just need some talent to start creating some masterpieces!

Highly recommend great quality comes with a lovely paintbrush

Compact set of bright colours arrived promptly well packaged very handy size