Royal & Langnickel watercolour sets with brushes

Would you like a compact cake set, tubes with brushes, or a case that also holds a palette and paper? These Royal & Langnickel watercolour sets differ in paint format and tools. Choose by the contents rather than the number on the pack alone.

What does each set contain?

• 12 pack: twelve watercolour cakes and a brush in a slim metal storage tin. Pick up colour with a damp brush. A compact choice for small colour studies; watercolour paper and a separate mixing palette are still needed.
• Beginners set - 24 pack: a wooden carrying case with ten 12 ml tubes, six brushes, a graphite pencil, a six-well palette, palette knife, eraser, sharpener, a 12.7 × 17.78 cm watercolour pad and instruction booklet. The number 24 counts the pieces, not paint colours.
• Essentials - 12 pack: twelve 12 ml tubes, totalling 144 ml of paint, plus two brushes: one flat and one round. Choose this pack if you already have paper and a mixing palette.
• Essentials - 18 pack: eighteen 12 ml tubes, totalling 216 ml of paint, plus a flat and a round brush. More starting colours for studies that use different hues alongside each other.

Have clean water and a cloth ready with every set. Only the wooden case includes paper and a mixing palette. You need extra watercolour paper for larger or longer exercises. Dilute small amounts of paint on the palette; you do not need to squeeze a tube directly onto the paper.

Get to know your brushstroke

1. Prepare a little diluted paint on a scrap of watercolour paper. Paint a thin line with the tip. Beside it, make a wider stroke by laying the brush down a little further and lifting it again.
2. With the Essentials brushes, compare the broad side and narrow edge of the flat brush with the round brush tip. Use the same mixture and paper so you mainly see the difference in the stroke.
3. Let the trial dry and note the brush and dilution. Use broad strokes for an initial colour area, then add fine lines once the layer underneath is dry. Leave the lightest passages unpainted for the paper white.

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