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I have purchased many sets of these paints in the past, as well as individual tubes, including a set of tubes from an Amazon private seller last week, however, you cannot write an actual product review for items from private sellers, so that is why I am writing it here. As an artist who has worked in watercolors for over 35 years, I have collected and used almost every brand of paint available from across the world, I love to try out new brands! I can honestly say that out of all the student quality brands that I have tried (Van Gogh, W & N Cotman, Rowney Aquafine, White Knight, Grumbacher, Koi, Marie, Reeves, Royal & Langnickel), these are by far and away the best. Van Gogh are seriously almost undetectable from artists quality in my opinion, and this is because Royal Talens use the same pigments for these as they do in their artists range (Rembrandt). Just a little less pigment to make them cheaper, and steering away from the more expensive pigments and using alternatives. The colors are beautifully translucent and bright (remember you can always tone down...but you can't tone up!), and lift from the pan instantly. The tube colors can also be squeezed into wells in a folding palette and left to dry, then used as pans if you need a bigger surface area. When left to dry like this, the colors re-wet very well and lift as easily as the ready-made pans do. I use these beautiful watercolors right alongside my artists quality brands, which include Schmincke, Maimeri, Rembrandt, Blockx, M. Graham, Daniel Smith, Sennelier, Winsor & Newton and Rowney and quite honestly can't really tell much of a difference. I absolutely recommend these as the very best paints to start out with on your watercolor adventures, and are invaluable for sketching trips and travel, as they are not too expensive to replace if you lose them. In fact, just after I wrote this review I purchased this set to add to my travel collection :)
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