GenCrafts Watercolor Paint Palette with Bonus Paper Pad Includes 48 Premium Colors - 2 Refillable Water Blending Brush Pens - No Mess Storage Case - 15 Sheets of Water Color Paper - Portable Painting

This was a gift for our grand-daughter. She absolutely loves them. The colours are so vivid.

Ich liebe dieses Aquarell-Set. Die Farben sind sehr gut pigmentiert und die beiliegende Palette ist sehr praktisch. Durch die kleineren Einheiten kann man sehr leicht einzelne Farben unterwegs mitnehmen. Die Preisleistung ist im Vergleich zu hochpreisigeren Anbietern super. Für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene ist es eine tolle Investition.

This seems to be a lovely set of watercolor paints. I have swatched out several brands (including some professional brands) and these have a nice pigment load and do not seem to be "cheap" paints. I haven't tried a lot of techniques with them and I am a beginner, so I can't say how they will perform for various techniques. I was able to lift paint while still wet. I wish that I could find information on the exact pigments used in this palette and for the lightfastness rating for each one, but that is probably too much to expect for an inexpensive set of paint. The palette tray itself is great. I wish I could buy the palette empty to use with other paints. The half pans snap into place and you can group 6 pans together and remove them. It is a wonderful design.

It's probably great for what it's meant to be. These would be great for kids or crafting I guess, but kinda disappointing for someone trying to break into serious watercolor painting. Keep in mind that my kid has been using this, that is why they are dirty, but you can still tell from the picture that the paint cracks in the pan after one or 2 uses, I am willing to admit it doesn't really affect the quality of the paint when it's rewet. But the quality isn't great to begin with. I bought this because I saw it on a review by Kristi Rice. It comes with a good color range, but as I said, the paint quality leaves something to be desired. I'd honestly prefer a more limited palette of colors in paint of better quality for around the same price. If you have ever tried anything better, prepare for disappointment. The actual palette is actually kinda cool. The little half pans are stuck in a rack in groups of 6 that fits into the palette, and you can also pop the individual pans out of the rack. So if you wanted to later, you could clean them and refill them with better paint eventually. The tray with mixing areas also pops out of the case and affords a way bigger mixing area in the lid of the actual case if needed, and in my opinion, the palette is worth the money more than the paint. I gave them to my 3 year old to use so I can have the palette when she is done with the paint.

The colors are very vibrant and robust; Love the container, easy to clean and rearrange for color palates; Some of the colors have a varied texture compared to others, almost chalky; Not a fan of the brushes it came with, fun try but they are quite awkward, prefer to use my Langnickel brushes. This size of the paper pad is a little awkward but the quality of the paper is good, compared to other purchases I have made. Very heavy weight, smooth & textured sides & of white in color. Paper is good for mixed media, tolerates watercolors and you can ease graphite without destroying the paper ;-).

I absolutely love these paints. I'm a beginner to watercolor painting and have tried a few other brands. None of them have impressed me more than these have. The colors are creamy, vibrant, and highly pigmented. I love how you have the option of removing either a small group of paints or removing the paints individually from the palette. They're definitely portable for traveling. It comes with a paint mixing palette that is removable from the lid. Two water brushes that I haven't tried out yet and a small sponge. It comes with a small pad of water color paper. I'm very impressed with the paper too. The paper is heavy textured which, allows the paint to go onto the paper flawlessly without spilling everywhere. The paper holds quite a bit of water too. So far, it hasn't warped or wrinkled. I definitely recommend these. For the price you get 48 vibrant colors, 2 watercolor brushes, a small pad of watercolor paper, 1 sponge, 1 mixing palette, and the container that holds everything inside minus the of paper.