ARTISTRO 24 Watercolour Paint Set - Travel Watercolour Set in Portable Box, Mini Watercolours for Kids, Adults & Hobbyists - Great Gift

I'm just a beginner in the art field, and have had a few sessions encouraging me to use portable watercolour kits. You can get smaller, more portable ones, but I was drawn to the colours of this palette, as there are 48 which makes a great basic kit for a starter. It exceeded expectations. Arrived very promptly, and came with 10 sheets of watercolour paper, which I hadn't expected. It contains a water fillable brush, normal brush and ink pen to draw with. There's a colour mix card to test on when using it, plus a colour reference card that sits neatly over the paints when used. I'm doing nature drawing, so I'm particularly happy with the selection of greens. There are three little mixer slots in the tin lid, and a sponge for soaking off excess water. I'm over the moon with it. It would make a lovely gift for the amateur / starter artist in your life. It is a little chunkier than some others, but that is due to the excellent contents. Will definitely purchase again.

Nice set with good range of colours. Pleased with this purchase.

Colours are vibrant and feel high quality, mixes in nicely, definitely value for money.

Pleased with product.Nice and compact, easy to use outside.

Bought for my daughter as a gift a lovely little set with everything you need and definitely worth the money. My family like this brand have also bought paint pens before which were also good.

Great watercolour painting set for the price, the colours are good and nice set of brushes come with it too - would recommend

Grandson and daughter love these as so many colours to choose from and come I. A nice storage box to encourage them to put away each colour after use

Really lovely colours, quick to wet and apply. I'm totally inexperienced with watercolour but these seem great and I'm pleased

PACKAGING: I purchased the Standard 48 Color Set. Artistro has completely nailed it with this matching, pink-themed packaging. Inside the velvety, embroidered drawstring pouch, is a sturdy floral tin with a hinged lid that will keep your 48 half pans safe and clean. The packaging is beautifully eye-catching and I’m thrilled to have it as part of my collection. WHAT’S INSIDE: Artistro designed this set with artists in mind and they included practically everything you need to start painting as soon as you open the box. They’ve included a triangular 2B PENCIL which fits very comfortably in the hand. There is also a great little SOFT ERASER that I just love. It erases very cleanly with no smudging and does not tear the paper. There is also a small SPONGE to dab your brush, which is a great addition to the set. The next thing we’ll look at are the two brushes that Artistro has included. The first is a small ROUND BRUSH that you can use for detail or small areas. The brush works great with no stray bristles. The second is a REFILLABLE ROUND WATER BRUSH. This brush nib was a little larger. I absolutely loved this brush. There is a push button on this brush to control the amount of water you want to release, which was an amazing feature. And finally, you get 48 HALF PANS, INCLUDING 4 METALLICS AND 4 NEONS. The pans are removable which I found to be an extremely helpful feature when only using certain colors to paint. Everything above has its own perfect cut-out spot in a tray that sits snugly right in the tin. Artistro also included a see-through SWATCH CHART that you can easily use to color match when using a reference. There is a BLANK SWATCH CHART that you can paint yourself. Each block has three sections so you can test each color’s saturation. They also included ten 5”x 8” sheets of 140lb/300g WATERCOLOR PAPER. The paper held up very well and did not buckle or warp. I’d love to get my hands on a whole block of this paper. THE PAINTS: Artistro did an amazing job putting these pan paints together. I haven’t had much luck with watercolor paints in the past; they were always chalky or gritty. So I just stopped using them. I wanted to give them one last try, and that’s when I was drawn in by Artistro’s tin packaging (I didn’t know the velvety pouch came with it, that was a big plus). I started by filling in the swatch card and noticed right away that these paints were in another league. The colors are vibrant and smooth. I wanted to do a whole piece of work using my normal techniques before forming an opinion. So I chose the colors I wanted, sprayed them, sketched my base, and got to work (work shown in this review). The colors are so creamy and lay very smoothly. I didn’t run into any grittiness at all. I used wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques; and I didn’t struggle with the paint at all. I made mistakes, but they were entirely operator error. The colors are smooth and easily manipulated on the paper. (Color manipulation shown in video.) They are quite vibrant, highly pigmented, and they blended very easily. The pans stayed wet for awhile and didn’t need to be constantly sprayed to re-wet. I used the refillable brush for most of the piece. And I must say again, that brush is just amazing. I’ve never used a brush with the push button before, and that feature alone is why I’ll only use that brush from now on. That’s another thing I’d love for Artistro to sell separately. Artistro chose an excellent range of colors. There is a perfect balance of warm and cool colors. They even included white, which I’ve noticed a lot of sets do not. And if the color you want isn’t included, the colors mix and blend so easily that you could mix the color you want with no problems. They also included 4 metallic colors and 4 neon colors. I was quite impressed by these. The metallic colors laid down solid and they have a great metal sheen whether you shine a light on them or not. The neon colors also surprised me. They also laid down quite solid, and they stayed super bright. I think they would be fun use for a black light painting. FINAL THOUGHTS: This set has it all. Bravo Artistro! From the gorgeous packaging design, to the very well planned out contents, to the high performance of the paints themselves; this set deserves an extremely high rating. I’m an artist on a budget, as most of us are, and usually have to settle for lower quality. But these paints are very high quality at a nice affordable price. I recommend that anyone interested in watercolor should give these a try. The beautiful packaging would make them a very nice gift as well. I’ve already purchased a set for a friend and plan to purchase a second set to for myself. Thank you Artistro! Can’t wait to see what you come out with next! **Artistro acrylic paint markers were used for the snow and santa's face.**

First time buying love the kit. Colors are really nice. Comes with some watercolor paper and other items would definitely recommend. Not overly expensive. Great for starting out.

Sehr schöne Farben Auswahl die erstaunlich auch sehr deckend sind. Also für den Preis echt super. Würde ich empfehlen

This travel tin is my new favorite for everyday projects! I LOVE the way the color dissipates and blends. Perfect for washes. It was a pleasant surprise and I had such fun just doing the swatch. Speaking of the swatch, be aware that the shown color and listed color on the transparent insert are not identical. Just keep referring to it as you go, or if it really bothers you, you could use a tweezers to pull each pigment out of its well (it's glued down, but easily lifted)...I'd caution against this though. Your brain will hurt trying to make sure you didn't mix any two colors up in the process. I might be saying this from experience..... Its a fantastic palette. *word to the wise: if you don't want TSA at the airport to pull your carry-on and hold you up (and make you panic like you've done some horrible thing and have no idea what. Ugh) remember to take the water out of the water brush before packing!! Sigh... I almost missed my flight all because they held my bag only to find "some kind of makeup kit" (insert eye roll). I didn't correct them, chastised myself for not emptying the water, and was on my way. My bag was searched on the way home (I checked it this time even!) and the whole tin was BENT in the middle. (For the LOVE.... guess I will not travel with this palette. So, at home in the safety of my living room it shall stay). I had travel insurance and claimed my lovely palette that got bent and mangled, but I have yet to hear back. I had purchased this just a week prior to travel. SELLER: If you see this, is it too late for a replacement? Many thanks and happy painting all!!!

É stato amore a prima vista, oltre ogni aspettativa. Pratico, funzionale, bello, leggero, ben fatto. Questo cofanetto farebbe un super figurone anche come regalo. La sensazione è quella di una confezione che sembra una classica trousse da trucchi e invece è un kit artistico e creativo per pittura ad acquarello. Molto originale. Super utile per portarlo sempre con sé ovunque perché è portatile per le piccole dimensioni (vedi foto). É un cofanetto in metallo molto bello, ottimo materiale, sembra resistente, ma non pesa eccessivamente. Il kit ha 48 colori ad acqua, accesi e vivaci, oltre a strumenti per disegno-pittura, 10 fogli da disegno. Non vedo l'ora portarlo in giro con me per usarlo in qualsiasi momento e qualsiasi posto.