ReevesTITLE watercolour Paint Set with Aqua Brush– 24 rich colours with matt and transparent finish – Suitable for beginners, leisure and recreational users – tin pan set suitable for travel

I haven't tried these paints myself. I have given them as a gift. Other reviewers rated them highly. The full pans look to be good quality. The set of watercolours has 24 nice bright colours. It is very well presented and looks great as a gift for a beginner to watercolours. Reeves is a well-known and respected make.

Greate watercolours from Reeves. Comes with a special aqua brush. It was easy to fill the aqua brush with water. Colours are nice and my child had plenty fun painting her school projects. Good quality and mess free.

This is a very nice set of watercolour paints, which comes in a metal tin with on-board storage space for the brush. There is a good range of colours included, although the red shades are very similar. The lid can double up to be used as a mixing palette, which is handy if you’re using the set outside, and don’t want to carry too much with you. The colours look really vibrant and highly pigmented on paper. You can build up layers of colour to make them darker, or add more water and take less paint on the brush to keep them subtle and translucent.The only thing that slightly disappointed me about this set was the water brush. I’ve never seen or used one before, so I was really looking forward to trying it out. You’re supposed to fill the barrel with water, and squeeze it to realise a drop of water, as and when needed. There is a visible screw-thread on the barrel of the brush, but mine seemed to be glued closed. I thought it was my bad wrist preventing me from unscrewing it, so I asked my husband to do it for me, but he couldn’t get it unscrewed either. If you try too hard, it feels like the plastic is going to break, and there were no instructions regarding the brush whatsoever.In the end, I filled a jar with water, submerged the brush, and squeezed the barrel hard to try to draw some water up into it. This wasn’t entirely successful, as only a very small amount of water would enter the chamber, so it needed refilling very often. Not being able to get the barrel completely full of water would certainly defeat the object of being able to paint outdoors without needing to carry a separate water jar.During my attempts to unscrew the barrel, I did discover, by chance, that the bristle length on the water brush is adjustable. I pulled the whole bristle section forwards and thought I’d broken the brush, but the whole bristle assembly seems to slide backwards and forwards, without coming right out of the brush, which is a very useful feature. Whichever length you choose to use them at, the bristles give an accurate edge when painting, and they keep to a good point, without splaying, or having any loose stray strands. If you are able to get enough water into your brush handle, you can squeeze a few drops of water out in between colours to flush away the previous one used. A small cloth, or piece of kitchen paper, really helps with in-between cleaning.Despite the brush not quite performing as hoped, this set is still good value, at well under £1 per colour, so I would still recommend this tin to anyone who enjoys painting.

This is our first foray into watercolours, we ordered for our son who is at secondary school and finding a real interest in art. Therefore unfortunately I cannot compare to other sets.I can say that he is delighted with this set and is producing some nice pictures.Our sin likes the adjustable water brush and had recently been learning the use of these brushes, he says this one is better than he had used at school. He is also enjoying mixing colours and again says this works almost as he wants, but that is down to him learning rather than the restrictions of the set.In summary, this is a really well crafted product, the case is good quality, the paints are also good quality and so we highly recommend, especially if you have a child looking to get into water colours!

My father is a hobby artist and goes to a local art group so I ordered these for him to try out.He was really impressed with them, especially given the very reasonable price.They blend well and have good pigmentation and the range of colours means he doesn't have to do so much mixing to get the desired shade. They're lasting him a good long while too.He's absolutely delighted with them and they get a full 5 stars from us.

High quality colours that are lovely to work with. They blend well and the deep pigments allow everything from light transparent colours to areas of nice depth. The paint tablets are held well in good quality case.I’ve hidden this one away from the kids to keep for myself!

This is a classic Reeves paint block set, with nice strong colour tones. The packaging is as expected and it looks great as a gift.These are pigment based rather than dye (if that means anything to you) and produce very saturated colours.The palette is wellmade and will cope with being bashed about in your artists bag.The water-brush is something I have used before, and this one has adjustable bristles so you can make it shorter or longer. It holds a decent amount of water, enough for a couple of decent-sized canvases.For the price of £16 this is a very good travel set, and ideal for kids or beginners. You can take this anywhere, it will even fit in a jacket pocket (although where you will store the canvas is another question).Recommended, five stars.

Nice shades and a good palette for earthy tones and scenery. The colours are buildable, and have good depth on paper. Like the handy case, and its easy to store this laying flat. I find that the pigment lifts easily from the paint cubes, and they dry fairly quickly when you've finished.