SennelierWatercolor Metal Box 12 Tube Set

For the money I have paid it is a steal. Fantastic quality set to start painting with Sennelier. But it doesn’t mean that the box is for beginners. Rather opposite - these are great professional paints, preferred by botanical illustrators. Sennelier allow to convey subtle colours and create transparent smooth washes better than other famous brands. I would add a couple of tubes to the set to make more even gradations. Anyway, for a half of the RRP you get the highest quality watercolour paint set which you can easily expand buying additional pigments. By the way, the metal tin is easy to convert to a 28 full-pan holder, drilling half-way through three rivets from inside, and lining the tin with self-adhesive velcro. The other (soft) part of the velcro you cut and stick to the pans.

Sennellier are my favourite paints - full of vibrant pigment. This set of colours is particularly good I think and all are colours I will use regularly.

Great quality paints at a good price

I love Sennelier honey-based watercolour and was thrilled to receive this box.The delivery went all smoothly and quickly, thanks Amazon!About the paint itself: the quality is absolutely top-notch in my honest opinion.Colours are bright and vibrant, smooth, transparent, best suited for layering techniques, but also wonderful in first washes if you mix the right amount of paint.I never agreed with some comments about it being "less powerful" or having their weak earth tones.They are just different from other brands depending on the type of earth pigments, as it is for every company's products really. You can see it for yourself here, I attached a picture of my swatch chart: burnt sienna and sepia are just as strong and lively as the primary colours.No, coming to the downside of the review... I bought this article as "used like new" expecting some minor damage to the packaging and from reading the item condition description, and that was all.The outside packaging came indeed open and damaged, but thankfully the metal box itself seems not to have been involved.What I was disappointed about though, was that the tubes instead have already been used, as this was NOT stated in the description of the warehouse article condition.At least three of the tubes are slightly deformed (see attached photos) as they had been previuosly squeezed gently to try out the paint, and in opening them I could see that there was already some paint come out into the lids.Also, the little brush came completely without the characteristical plastic cap they have when they are brand new, and the hair is quite frayed.Red madder? Don't know, I'd say more of an "electrostatic madder" brush... no way it's able to form a point when wet.All in all I am happy about the paint quality, but a bit disheartened because I got a faulty brush and most important, less paint than I was supposed to, from used tubes... :(

Bought these paints as they are recommended by Billy Showell in her watercolour books. They are lovely to use with great colour and mix very well. Worth the little but extra for artist quality paints

Professional quality watercolour setPrompt delivery by a reliable seller at a fair price

Nothing to dislike.

Thank you

These paints are so lovely and the best deal in terms of the amount of high quality pigment you get for the price!I looked at Windsor Newton, Daniel Smith, Holbein, QOR and these paints (all very high quality professional paints) and you get way more paint for the price with the Sennelier brand. This set is a bit less expensive then the sets for the other brands I listed AND these are 10ml tubes which is twice the volume of most tubes out there (which are 5ml). This is enough to fill half pans full five times, and the paint rewets nicely. This paint is very lovely and the best vaule for your money. I did add a Holbein to my kit: Bright Violet (which I also recommend as its an amazing color if you are trying to do florals). The opera rose that comes in this set is very nice! However, I will probably add a more intense opera rose too because some of the flowers blooming right now glow so much its hard to capture with unless you have a neon (sadly not light fast) pigment to mix in with your violets.

The product arrived early from international shipping.No dents on the case thankfully and all 12 tubes in tact without any signs of being secondhand. So thrilled. Would recommend to anyone wanting ARTIST quality watercolor paints. Love the colors, wow what a find.12x10ml would be so expensive in any other brand. Sennelier is the best.

De lo mejor . Calidad !!!

Ravie

Ho utilizzato diversi brand di acquerelli professionali ma questi al momento sono i miei preferiti. I colori sono intensi, cremosi e vibranti, è un piacere lavorare con questa marca!