Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is an excellent student grade/hobbyist/travel watercolor set. The paints are not chalky, the rewet wonderfully, the paints mix well and are fluid. This watercolor set surpasses the Winsor and newton cottman and Lukas Studio student grade watercolor sets. This set can hold its own against the Van Gogh watercolor set. According to the lighfast information on the package, 17 of the 36 colors are moderately durable and 19 were absolutely permanent. Unless, you are going the paints to sell your work the lighfastness of the paints are not an issue. Unfortunately, there is no pigment information written in English. For those watercolorist who mixes pastels colors or does tonal studies, the set does come with a white and black. I love the tin. It is cute and the color is a welcome change from black. I do not like water brushes, but the one that comes with the set seems decent. The set also comes with really nice cotton paper to swatch out the colors. The only downside to the set is that the palette tray is made of a flimsy plastic. That being said the pans can be moved into sturdier individual pans.