Winsor & NewtonProfessional Water Colour Lightweight Metal Box, 24 Half Pans

A wonderful selection of 24 Winsor & Newton half pan professional quality artists watercolours secured in a tin box, these paints offer high quality pigments and lightfastness and a great selection of colours. This tin box is a little over 8 inches long by 3 inches and seems durable enough. This item is not cheap and I would therefore recommend the affordable Winsor & Newton Cotman paint set for beginners and those wanting to fill sketchbooks where lightfastness and quality is not so critical - unless of course you can afford the best regardless.

Initially I wasn’t sure if I made the right choice purchasing the professional set, as I had already bought the Cotman set. I was also alarmed that I may have been scammed after reading a negative review saying that these were actually Cotman paints in fake packaging. However, today I did a swatch of every colour from this professional set next to the equivalent Cotman colour on Arches cold pressured 100% cotton paper, and the difference is obvious. I am very happy and relieved to see these professional colours are genuine. I’ve attached my swatch for reference. I highly recommend!

There’s room for a brush as well as addition full or half pans. I like to add a few more colours. The size is fantastic and the tim is sturdy. I have two set of the non professional sets which are great too but this set is another level. The colour are more vibrant and take to the paper much better even on cheap paper. Great for my campervan. I wish I’d bought them decades ago!!!

The paints themselves are genuine W&N professional quality watercolours and are beautifully pigmented and a joy to work with. There is a noticeable step up in quality between them and the W&N Cotman set.The only thing letting this set down is the very flimsy, cheap, poor quality tin (I swear it’s the same tin the Cass art watercolours come in and they are a fraction of the price.) In an age where there are so many great watercolour products, I would like to see W&N put as much thought in to the paint case as they do their paints to keep their professional quality products feeling more, well, professional.

First class quality as you'd expect from Windsor & Newton. Excellent sized tin for travel and colour pans secure. Wonderful feel of paints on paper, delighted with purchase and great price.

Arrived swiftly from Amazon Warehouse. Although I bought it cheaply because the box wrapping was damaged, the product itself was perfect. Very pleased with the quality of the product in its neat black box - looks very professional and the paints are good quality as you would expect from Windsor and Newton.

I bought this to give as a present. I've heard that it's good quality.

For years whilst I was doing my watercolur art course I used Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolours (because the tutor advised us all to do so to save money) Well this was a big mistake for I was not happy with any of my washes and definitely not happy with end results of actual paintings. When I saw this Winsor & Newton professional watercolour set for only forty something pounds I snapped it up and I am so happy I did for I saw the difference immediately to student paints. These professional colours are luscious vibrant with fantastic luminosity and the difference in laying down a wash is heaven. When I make mistakes these paints easily wash out without ruining the painting. Days after laying the paint if I see an area where I want to add to it the paint stays clean and moves with a bit of water so I can add what ever I like. My paintings now look professional, I am proud to show them. I instantly fell in love with this paint box it transformed my art and I gained confidence. I will never use any other. I am saving a lot more money not wasting paint trying to achieve a standard and style of artwork which was just not possible with student paints. I have even moved on to using tubes of the professional Winsor & Newton watercolours and use the pan box for plein air, just put it in my art bag and off I go sketching and watercolouring whilst out and about. Something I never dared do using student paints.