Our extensive range has over 28,000 products, which are constantly tried and tested by our in-house experts, teachers, and artists. Cotman Water Colours are a range of water colours that are made to a high quality standard but are kept to an economical level by replacing some of the more costly pigments with less expensive alternatives.

Bought as a birthday present for my daughter who is doing her Art GCSE - fantastic tones and depth to the colours, which she is absolutely ecstatic with. All you need to apply is to have a debit or credit card, to be over 18 years of age, and to be a UK resident.

The three primary colours in Cotman Water Colour are Lemon Yellow Hue, Ultramarine and Permanent Rose. Perfect product for the beginner-professional watercolour artist, excellent descriptive guide leaflet included with the set that covers the opacity, permanence/solubility and quality of each pigment to help you pick the best colours for your particular project. This pocket-sized box has an integral mixing palette with 12 assorted Cotman watercolour half pans, plus a Sceptre pocket brush. The pans are well put together and easy to use and the small paintbrush which came in the set is practical too. As water colour films are so thin all colours appear more or less transparent when painted onto paper.

umbers, ochres; others come from metal compounds and are sometimes termed 'traditional' or 'genuine', eg. Inspiring creativity, we’re proud to support art and design education in all corners of the globe through events, sponsorship, and competitions. Formulated to create uniform consistency, the transparent quality of Cotman Watercolours are perfect for new users.

The Cotman Water Colour range has a more uniform consistency than the Artists' Water Colour range and this benefits beginners as there is less to learn about each individual pigment. This introductory set includes 12 x 8ml tubes of Cotman Watercolour paints that are ideal for newcomers to watercolour painting. The resultant Cotman colours possess good transparency, with excellent tinting strength and good working properties. Traditionally the white of the paper provides the brilliance to water colour and can be used as highlights. The distillation of petroleum yields an ever widening range of organic pigments which are often termed as 'modern'.