Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Lightweight Metal Box, 24 Half Pans

Winsor & Newton an assured brand of quality watercolour paints. This set provides a range of colours that can be used on their own or mixed to make different shades or tones. The colours are rich and juicy and lay down very well on watercolour paper. The colours make your paintings come alive.

Love these, great in all respects!

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.

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.

Great pigmentation and easy to carry around. Ideal for me as a beginner and hours of fun creating images

Brilliant qualities of colours, plenty of colour and easier for me to use than tubes

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!

Der Aquarellkasten ist gut verpackt und zum versprochenen Zeitpunkt angeliefert worden. Die Ware war wie beschrieben, die Farben sind kräftig und gut zu vermalen. Die einzelnen Töpfchen waren separat verpackt, aber das ist normal und schützt die Farben beim Transport. Auf der Rückseite der Verpackung sind die einzelnen Farben nochmals beschrieben, was hilfreich für eine etwaige Nachbestellung ist.

Saw the older reviews about this being a scam and the pans being replaced with cotman, tin broken etc, but decided to take a gamble and purchase anyways. I had absolutely no problems! Arrived fast and the tin is in great condition, the watercolors were all professional grade and nothing is broken.

Winsor Newton professional watercolor is one of the best brands out there and it’s definitely worth getting! I usually go for their tubes but needed to have a larger set like this one!

Tres bonne qualité et de belles couleurs ! Je recommandes même si le prix élevé. Mais dans le boutique c’est encore plus cher

I’ve been looking to add this set to my collection for a while now, and given that it retails for $189 ($113 at Blick), I wasn’t in a hurry. I happened to see that this set was listed for $65 here but held off due to all of the reviews alleging that these were actually Cotman sets sold as Professional. One of the other sellers on Amazon was listing them for $80 and had 100% positive reviews, so I took the chance and ordered a set. I received a 24-half-pan set of Professional watercolors packaged in the original box and tin with the paper wrappings intact. All colors were as listed without substitutions; this set is exactly the same as the one sold on Blick. Each pan appears as a Professional pan should and the information printed on the side is accurate. I have no concerns that these are not Professional pans, but I have no doubt that there is or was a seller passing off Cotmans as Professional. As for the watercolors themselves, they are easy to activate, heavily pigmented, and appropriately lightfast. I wish Winsor & Newton would hand-pour their Professional half pans instead of extruding them, but it doesn’t affect the quality or experience too much as long as you are okay with the bricks wiggling around or falling out from time to time. The colors in this set are great for a serious beginner or a professional looking to consolidate (this is going to be my travel set since I don’t enjoy lugging around all 80 Schmincke half pans everywhere, as wonderful as they are). I chose to supplement this set with Chinese White, Winsor Blue (Red Shade), and Scarlet Lake to encompass the 3- and 6-color systems that Winsor & Newton outlines for their Professional watercolors. These fit nicely within the same tin and still allow room for a full-size brush. If these have been on your wish list, snag them while the price is this good—you can always return and report if you happen to receive a set of Cotmans. I’m thrilled that I took the risk!