Winsor & Newton Cotman Sketchers' Pocket Box

A great product for beginners attending their first watercolour classes or for outdoor sketching. Using half-pan paint means you don't waste too much in your first attempts at mixing! A good basic set of colours which you can refill or replace with new shades.

This is an amazingly priced set for beginners. The colours included are great for learning, but I always change out the Chinese White for a Payne's Grey when I give these as gifts. The brush included is tiny and difficult to hold or use, so I always add a waterbrush or Pro Arte Prolene Plus brush. The da Vinci size 2 pocket/travel brush can fit inside the palette, but the larger sizes do not.

A very useful product. I recommend this as an ideal paint box for people just starting. The restricted pallet gives people a chance to learn to mix colours for themselves. The pigments are also of a very good quality for students.