Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Color Pocket Plus Set - 12 Half Pans

I love it but It's too small

Very good box ! I purchased this for box only. But Quality of colors are no better than "camel artist 18 half pan set" which is being sold for Rs200/- only. It is only our indian hipocrasy to buy WN cotman color tubes with high price when indian camel artist water colors are available for 1/10th price.

I'm not really well-versed with watercolour since I tend to use dry mediums for my work, but I found that this is a great way to start! The pigments are rich, and it's also surprisingly easy to work with. I love the fact that it's easy to carry, has a little brush inside, and a little pallette that you can detach.

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Absolut empfehlenswert. Preis-Leistung ist super! Die Farbqualität wirklich mega! Der Aquarellkasten wurde mir von einer Künstlerin empfohlen. Von daher muss es nicht gleich Schmincke sein!

I bought this Winsor & Newton Cotman Pocket Plus watercolor set for my trip to thailand for some plein air plainting. It can promptly and on time, each pan was individually wrapped, and the name of the color written on the side of each pan, for when refilling or replacing the pans when the color runs out. The set comes with two cadmium yellows one in a pale hue, two reds on cadmium pale hue one alizarin, two blues one ultramarine one cobalt, two greens one viridian one sap, three earth tones in yellow ochre, burnt sienna and burnt umber, and lastly a chinese white. There isn't a really true red in this set (wouldve preferred a cadmium red over the pale hue), but if you mix the red pale hue with the alizarin you get a nice red. It also comes with a small watercolor brush for sketching and painting. It isn't something I would only use, I tend to bring a few of my favorite brushes, with sponges and small water-containers in their own little bag, but if need be i can just carry this around and be set. The pans are four per little case and there are three cases in the set. They can be pulled out easily and rearranged if needed. While doing some color swatches of the 12 half pans, this quality is about equal to my Sakura Koi Field Sketch Set with 24 wells. I am satisfied with the pigmentation, the colors come out bright, and have a smooth gradient with no chalky finish, as to be expected with these types of paints. I opted for this set for its portability and compact size, half the size of my Sakura Koi Set (half the colors but they have the 12 main ones that cover spectrum quite well). I've included a photo of the swatches as well as some smaller swatches of mixing the complementary colors. As well as a size comparison between the two sets. The set comes with two palettes that can be taken out, the first one can connect to the bottom, the other can remain in the lid, but if you requite more mixing room it is removable, the only issue is it is a little difficult to take out at first, but I am sure with some love over time it will be easier. This brings me to one of the few issues I have with this palette, it does not lay flat as depicted on the box, it tends to stay up which makes the palette fall over if left alone, This is not a big issue for me, seeing with time Im sure the plastic will wear down or if i take a blade to it and create a grove for it to lay flat. Over all this set is exactly what I was looking for, compact size, good amount of mixing wells/space and pigmentation. The only con I have about this set is that the pans although will not fall out, do slide and tip slightly do to the space between each. I am sure sticking a tiny bit of sponge between them or a dot of hot glue under the pans would be a simple fix. **Note** The Ruler depicted is in CM **