HolbeinArtist's Watercolors Set of 18 5ml Tubes W403

These are lovely watercolors, very pigmented & a great set & value, especially for those switching from student to artist grade. Definitely planning to pan them, but they dissolve beautifully & can be transparent or opaque easily. They rewet wonderfully as well, even though I have not panned them yet, they reactivate with ease on my palette. Haven't ran into any granular issues either, though I've heard Holbein is one of the top watercolors for this since the pigments are extremely finely ground. It does come with a shade that appears to be skin tone-like, though I personally don't care for it because it looks like it's mixed with white & can be slightly muddy in my opinion, so I mix my own skin tones, but I've heard others like the shade, that's my only real 'dislike' with this set, though I would use the shade for things other than skin tone, so I'm not sure it exactly qualifies as a true dislike!

I have had this watercolor set for about a little over a month. Other watercolor products I have include Sakura Koi (travel pan set of 24 colors), Kuretake Gansai Tambi (36 color pan set) as well as budget brands, Jerry Q Art 18 (pan) color watercolor set as well as Reeves (tube).Thus far, I would have to say that Holbein's been my favorite out of all of them although I do really love the Kuretake set as well. I do squeeze out watercolor from the tube and let dry before use since that is more convenient for me, having seen some videos that led me to believe that Holbein paints would not crumble and would rewet nicely. I am a watercolor hobbyist, and make no claims to any artistic skills. I have taken no art classes but I do enjoy experimenting with different media and in fact. I am learning techniques from online videos, websites and books.The colors rewet very easily, either from adding a drop of water per pan, or just picking up color with a wet brush. The colors are vibrant and mixes well to get either soft, subtle and translucent effects or bright and vivid colors.

I've tried more watercolors than I can remember, from the very cheap to the very expensive and since I've started using Holbein's all my other paints have been boxed up.This is a great set, with more colors than most will probably need. If you've never used Holbein colors, just go ahead and get these. You won't be sorry!

Holbein makes lovely creamy, yet still sheer, professional watercolors. Some of their line have a place in my palette. This set was a bit of a disappointment because of fugitive colors and multi-pigment blends. I bought this set for a few basic colors I needed a refill on because the price was right, but not much else I will use because of the above issues. Most of the colors will go into my giveaway bin.

Holbein colors are wonderful. Very rich but at the same time producing a beautiful transparency. The are more of a professional range of color quality. I received the item within a week. This set was a great value. I mainly do Chinese painting so I can use fairly large amount of paint practicing!!! This set of 18 colors gives a wonderful range to work with, even if I one time I rarely used more the 3 color simultanuously. Only a small dab of paint with about 20 drops of water will produce a very intense hue. I have purchase my favorite Holbein colors in larger 15 ml tube and these 5 ml tubes in the set are just practical to carry around. Very pleased with this purchase.

To be honest, I bought these Holbeins to color my coloring books. A bit too extravagant for coloring books? Maybe, but I've tried cheap and mid-grade watercolors as well, and now that I've seen what these watercolors can do, I'm ruined for anything else.This is my first artist grade watercolors. The moment I laid down my first color on paper to test it out, I was in love. An instant fan. I regretted not getting a bigger set so that I could have a bigger sample size. There are 108 colors, and I'd love to add more choices to my palette, but it can be pretty overwhelming and I've only seen 15ml tubes sold. Naturally, those cost more. I wish I could return these and buy a bigger set, but since I've already used them I'll have to keep these and buy the bigger sets later.My only complaint is that the box came already torn and ruined. It's easy enough to slip the plastic covering off the box and slip it back on, so I assume someone else already owned mine as my set was sold through a third party and fulfilled by Amazon. But shipping came fast and the quality of the Holbein stands for itself, so I can't ding the product over something like that.

Love the pigments. And durability.

Could not believe my luck at this price

Posterior a la compra vi opciones más económicas todo y que Amazon dice que ellos son los que suelen tener el precio más competitivo, esto no influye en la calidad del producto. Pero te recomiendo mirar todo bien antes de darle a comprar porque su solución era devolverlo y volverlo a pedir era más engorro que otra cosa

Ottimi acquerelli. Colori vibranti e molto pigmentati.Venditore veloce e affidabile.

Oui, ces aquarelles coûtent plus cher mais1/ Elles viennent du Japon, l'import c'est plus cher et encore plus quand le produit vient d'Asie...2/ Ce sont des aquarelles de qualité artistique. Et quand on prend du matériel professionnel, c'est plus cher.Mais, elles sont tellement pigmentées que juste une goutte de 2mm suffit pour faire mes peintures, et quand je les metq en godet, elles se rehumidifient si vite, si facilement comme su beurre.C'est vraiment une expérience incomparable, surtout avec ses couleurs vibrantes !Mon conseil : économiser. C'est ce que j'ai fait pendant des mois et je ne regrette toujours pas des mois après