Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colour Paint, Set of 12, 8ml Tubes

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• Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colours are a range of water colours that are made to our high quality standards but costs are kept to an economical level by replacing some of the more costly pigments with less expensive alternatives.
• Cotman Water Colours possess good...

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  ★★★★★ I bought these as an upgrade to my student grade reeves brand watercolors. I haven't done much with them yet, but I am excited to start playing with them. One of the pictures are all of the colors swatched out, which I plan to laminate and keep in my box. Another picture is The box compared to a standard gift card. As you can see the box is just a tad bigger than the gift card - it truly is pocket sized!The brush is nothing to get excited over. It is just a small round or liner-type brush. I probably won't use it, as it gives me hand cramps since the handle is so tiny.I would like to address several complaints I have seen.First, with the watercolor cakes coming out of the pans. I simply took the cake out of the pan, put a big drop of water underneath, and stuck the paint cake back in. After a bit the water makes the paint a bit gummy, so I simply gave it a firm press, and I haven't had a problem since.Another complaint is that the paint pans don't stay in the case. Well, that is true, but again I have a simple fix. I took the plastic pans of paint out of the box, and added just a dab of hot glue, then gave them a firm press back into the palette. This worked well. I tried prying them out, and they stick. When they are gone, you can simply take a pair of pliers and pull out the empty pan and replace. On my other set I used a piece of double sided tape that I cut in half length wise, then stuck the pans back in. I think I like it better then the hot glue. The tape holds well, but the pans can be pulled out just simply using the end of a brush to pry it out. Sticky tack/blue tack/museum putty works well too.Because these pans are sold as open stock, meaning you can replace one color at a time, I would not suggest getting too carried away with super glueing the pans into the palette.

  ★★★★★ These are great paints!I wanted to upgrade my watercolor supplies (in past used crayola then artist loft - both of which are great for beginners and very inexpensive...but have some limitations and I was finding it difficult to get the pigments & transparency I wanted). Read many reviews and watched YouTube and decided upon Winsor & Newton Cotman set. Glad I got these. I'm having so much fun painting now - it is so much easier to mix colors and get the transparency I desire. Colors mix with water easily and glide across paper. I guess my next investment will be in paper (I'm still using the cheapest watercolor paper I can find). I've included a picture of the watercolor set (I haven't had it very long but I've used it a LOT). One negative about the set is the brush. It came with some bent bristles (you can see this in picture). I've tried to reshape it but have been unsuccessful so far. I've got my own brushes (a set of Royal & Langnickel synthetic sable from Michaels) that I've been using. Paints themselves are outstanding. Would be nice to have black and some skin tones...but I've found I can mix all of these when needed (I've included a color chart that I made). The case is great too. Feels sturdy and reusable. Should be able to refill easily in future. Expect this set to last a long time.

  ★★★★★ Better deal than the 24 half pan set. You get all 40 colors available in the line, plus 5 duplicate pans of 5 popular colors.I took a photo of the paints next to their wrappers. If the paint box gets bumped, the paints fall out of their pans and it's hard to know which box to put them in. You'll want to know this because the box has the color name and number which you'll need when the paint runs out so you can reorder.I used only a tiny bit of paint to paint the "Fourth of July" painting included with this review. The paper is 18"x12" so the paint goes a long way!

  
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