Pébéo Studio watercolour sets: atelier case or 12 tubes

Use water-thinnable Pébéo Studio watercolours on watercolour paper or suitable card. Choose the tube assortment if you already have brushes and paper, or the metal atelier case when you also want starting materials. Both versions contain twelve 12 ml tubes, totalling 144 ml of tube paint; the case adds paint in half pans.

What is in your chosen set?

• 12 x 12 ml: twelve watercolour tubes in a cardboard pack. The selection contains lemon yellow, red, alizarin crimson, phthalo blue, cobalt blue, Prussian blue, sap green, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, ivory black and Chinese white. You need a brush, paper, mixing palette and water container separately.
• Metal atelier set: a metal case with twelve 12 ml tubes, twelve watercolour half pans, a mixing palette, two pencils, three brushes, a paper pad, an eraser and a pencil sharpener. Tubes and pans provide two colour selections, rather than twenty-four tubes. Have clean water ready for painting.

Tubes for a wash, pans for small amounts

Squeeze a little tube paint onto the palette to prepare a mixture for a larger area. Pick up paint from a pan with a damp brush for small studies and details. The case lets you compare both methods. Colour names describe shades and do not promise particular pigment ingredients.

1. Mix a small amount of colour with water on the palette. Paint one strip and another with more water. Let them dry to see how the white of your paper contributes to a pale tint.
2. Then compare diluted colour with a mixture containing a little white from a tube. White changes coverage; more water lets the paper show through more. Note colour, dilution and paper so you can repeat the choice in your next study.
3. Work from light to dark and let a layer dry before carefully painting over it. Close tubes after use and let wet pans and brushes dry before putting them away.

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