Great mini watercolor pallet
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Love this tiny set!  Perfect for plain air journaling!
805114
Great for displaying small Illustration to potential clients.
4454841
Perfect size palette for use in acrylic painting. Paint stays wet and intact for quite some time. Nice size surface for mixing color. Top fits well.
I also spray paint with fine water spray before closing up palette.
679829
I like these little palettes. Small enough to pack up when you are painting outside and can put them in a zip-lock bag to transport home. Good buy! Recommend and will not hesitate to purchase again, if needed.
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Not a terrible watercolor set for beginners (or advanced painters). The price is good for the pallet size (18 colors) and the extras. Its a bit heavier than I thought it would be, even with the water tray removed. Not sure I want this weighing down my bag. The water brush has already started to fray at the ends but it comes in handy for wetting the pans as does the sponge. I was looking to buy another sea sponge for doing larger areas so this was super handy.

I've used a lot of different brands of watercolors over the years and oddly do not remember any previous pan colors being quite like these. They're quite waxy. Once they dry on the paper they leave a residue (in less diluted areas) that if it brushes up against other paper it leaves marks like colored pencil. This watercolor has killed 2 pens and 2 fineliners that I used to outline on top of the watercolor. So dang frustrating. My copic fineliners are not cheap.  Aside from that I think the colors are decent. Not as vibrant as I would expect once they dry but not bad. It always seems that the purple that comes in sets is awful this one is not an exception. Its pretty blah. Not a big deal since you can just mix your own.

Be careful not to knock this over or drop it like I did (twice). The paint 'chunks' came out of the pans and the pans fell out of the pallet. They are not very secure BUT I know now that I can replace them rather easily, lol. The other thing that really bummed me out was the inner lid (that is used for mixing). Whatever this plastic material is it doesn't seem to be meant for a mixing area. It's a very strange texture. The colors stained the inner lid very quickly. I couldn't tell if my coloring was good for the purple I mixed because the red and blue had stained in areas before I finished mixing. It took a bit of scrubbing to get it to come off enough that it didn't affect seeing the mixed color properly.

I tried these out on 140lb Canson CP watercolor paper, Strathmore 140lb CP watercolor paper, and Reeves 90lb CP watercolor paper. I've used other watercolor with these 3 paper types and had a better outcome of layering and color saturation than I got with the Jerry Q set.
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The "Pro Art 7-1/2-Inch by 11-Inch Butcher Tray" is very nice. The center is slightly raised so water doesn't puddle around the watercolors I put and mix in the central area. The excess water runs to the sides.

It is easier to clean and nicer to mix paint on and pick up paint from with my brushes than the plastic palettes I've used.

I kept eyeing these in the art supply stores and finally decided to buy the smallest size Amazon had available and give it a try. I really love using it and am thinking about buying at least one in a larger size for when I need a larger area to mix paint in.
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I love this easel.  I bought it to hold a 6" square canvas piece of art (a Kelly Rae Roberts piece).  It looks great and is the perfect size for my canvas.  I like that this easel does not have a back leg, it stands on its own; therefore it's not deep and is great for small spaces.
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When I started using my travel watercolor set, I wanted to carry around with me a brush that was easy to maintain (meaning, me not having to bring a small water cup to clean). Then I found this little gem and I couldn't be happier.

The size of it is pretty convenient to carry around and its easy to clean. I mainly use this for small little illustrations in my sketchbook and its done its job pretty well (If I wanted to do more serious watercolor paintings, I'm not sure I would use this brush.. but it still does a great job for my small doodles). It carries a pretty decent amount of water and I'm able to do quite a bit of painting before I need to refill it (if you want an even smaller water brush to carry, there is also a 4-ml water tank). I'm also able to get pretty decent line quality with it. Although my only gripe with this water brush is that it leaks more water than I'd like.. but a simple dab on a paper towel will fix it.

If you're looking for a decent water brush that can be carried on the go, I think this one is a good place to start.
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I became aware of this palette when it was described by one of my favorite watercolorists, Brenda Swenson. So when I needed a new palette for the field, I bought it and filled it with my pigments. I have used it in the field 3 times now, and it has worked well.

It is sturdily made, with thick plastic, not the all-too-usual thin variety. It closes tight enough to prevent any wet watercolor from leaking out during transport. 18 to me is a good number of pigments for painting just about anything (though I usually select 3-6 of them for any given painting). There's plenty of mixing room, especially with a portable palette--most have considerably less. And it's light and compact, fits into my field day backpack easily.

It will be going to the field with me for onsite sketching all through Summer and Fall (until the next rainy season around November here in the Pacific Norhtwest--though I'll go out then too but less frequently).

Highly recommended.
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Love this!  Wonderful not to muddle colors with water rinsing jars. Perfect for small personal illustrations. Very portable with a separate color mixing tray that you can clean in the sink.  I think I want another one.
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Works great and small size, perfect for wetting watercolor pans without over spraying.
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This is wonderful. Handy and just the right size. I love all he Arches watercolor papers. Would buy again when this one is gone.
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I bought these as an upgrade to my student grade reeves brand watercolors. I haven't done much with them yet, but I am excited to start playing with them. One of the pictures are all of the colors swatched out, which I plan to laminate and keep in my box. Another picture is The box compared to a standard gift card. As you can see the box is just a tad bigger than the gift card - it truly is pocket sized!

The brush is nothing to get excited over. It is just a small round or liner-type brush. I probably won't use it, as it gives me hand cramps since the handle is so tiny.

I would like to address several complaints I have seen.

First, with the watercolor cakes coming out of the pans. I simply took the cake out of the pan, put a big drop of water underneath, and stuck the paint cake back in. After a bit the water makes the paint a bit gummy, so I simply gave it a firm press, and I haven't had a problem since.

Another complaint is that the paint pans don't stay in the case. Well, that is true, but again I have a simple fix. I took the plastic pans of paint out of the box, and added just a dab of hot glue, then gave them a firm press back into the palette. This worked well. I tried prying them out, and they stick. When they are gone, you can simply take a pair of pliers and pull out the empty pan and replace. On my other set I used a piece of double sided tape that I cut in half length wise, then stuck the pans back in. I think I like it better then the hot glue. The tape holds well, but the pans can be pulled out just simply using the end of a brush to pry it out. Sticky tack/blue tack/museum putty works well too.

Because these pans are sold as open stock, meaning you can replace one color at a time, I would not suggest getting too carried away with super glueing the pans into the palette.
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Step 2 has made another great product.  This Art Easel Desk is perfect for the little budding artist.  It features a white board with a clip on one side that also has a little shelf to store markers, etc.  The desk side of the easel is perfect for coloring.  The desk lifts up for more storage and there is also storage above for markers and coloring books.  This desk is best suited for younger children.  This desk is almost too small for my 4-year old (he is big for his age).  Assembly is fairly easy and I would recommend a power screw driver because it is a lot easier.  The unit is fairly compact so it is great for smaller homes.  Highly recommend!
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They are small, individually packaged paint cubes but once you get the plastic off all of them they fit into their little cubbies nicely and neatly. They can be used for a long time, and you have a wide variety of colors, especially for a beginner (me). Perfect for great quality, high pigmented watercolor that will last a little while but not for too much money.
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Simple basic watercolor set. Small enough to fit anywhere. Great for on the go. Quality is pretty good.
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This is so easy to carry and be able to create on the go. I just wish it had a pink in it, it's too difficult to mix every time. The brush is amazing and refills easier than other brushes I own. I cannot stress how crucial this product is if you like to watercolor It's so perfectly compact and a great range of colors. This is a great gift to an adult who is serious about learning how to watercolor or already does.