SENNELIER L'Aquarelle French Watercolor Paint, Aqua Mini Set of 8 Half Pans

These are the best watercolors ever. Very intense color. Small so it fits in my purse.

These paints are nice vibrant colors. Creamy texture, clean colors, mix well and a dream to use. They are ideal for travel. Included are 8 colors and one small travel paint brush. The tin has a see thru lid you can use as a pallet. This butterfly was done with only this set and black ink. I especially love the green color in this set. I love them!

Great set of paints, but you may need to add a few cooler colors to have a full double primary set. I had also purchased a Sennelier tester tube set of five, of which I added the colors that were not already included in this set. I recommend removing the plastic and adding half pans with magnets or sticky tack, it will give you room to add more colors if you so choose. You could mix on the plastic lid, but I usually just use a tiny ceramic dish. You could set it up to have a mixing area with some spray paint or tape and paper that was cut to size (may not be the best, but could work). Great value for the price, I love Sennelier watercolors, and highly recommend!

It's a nice little package! At the price, it's worth it just for the eight included half pans of nice Sennelier colors. There're only eight pans but it's still a nice range or palette because no spot is wasted on next to useless white or black. Instead of black is a very nice Payne's Grey. Also inside is a cute little, barely adequate brush. The whole thing is almost exactly the size of its inspiration, an Altoids tin. Unfortunately, there's no mixing area and the whole thing feels quite flimsy. But, it is tiny and does have eight nice colors for the price. Obviously it won't be as nice as the enameled brass Winsor & Newton eight-color Bijou Box, but then this unit is so much less expensive!

Love love these watercolors. They’re so beautiful and buttery. The size of the container is perfect for travel as well.

Pros: The paints are basically sennelier quality. The price is good. Cons: Packaging is unusable as all the paints fall out of the plastic tray container. Lots of wasted space to carry around. No mixing area. Solutions: Glue or tape the paint into plastic half pans. Glue or tape the plastic half pans into the tin in your preferred working order. Consider adding a full size pan or other contained area to use as a small mixing well. My photos: In the attached photos, I taped my paints into the tin, then taped in 2 full pans to use as small mixing wells. I also added a folded piece of my absorbent watercolor towel (more of a napkin really) to use for cleaning my water brush tip between colors. I kept the tiny included brush because none of my current travel brushes fit in this tiny tin.

Previously I have used acrylic, but I love watercolor and bought this tiny set after my kids used what little watercolor I had on hand. I'm so glad I did. It is rich color, but blends out sheer no problem. Not chalky, blends beautifully. I bought for hobby, but having g a hard time pulling myself away. I only wish I had bought more hues.

Small enough to carry in purse. Highly pigmented smooth gliding paints. The brush that comed eith the set holds more water than you would think. Nice color choices too!