Paul Rubens Watercolor Paint, 36 Vibrant Colors Rich Pigments for Watercolor Painters, Students, Beginners, Hobbyist, Ideal for Many Watercolor Applications (5ml Each Tube)

Bought this set for grandchildren (3-12 yrs) to paint alongside with me to give them experience with nice watercolor paints, but not at professional grade prices. Great value. Most of the paints apply beautifully, especially properly diluted with water. There are a few that are uneven; but for the price point, a win all around. I used the Patikil 36 palette which was easy to put all the paints in, and still be travel-sized. Color wheel in the picture shows most, not all, of the pigments which represent well the color spectrum. The paint is better than other student grade paints and deserves to advertise for amateurs. A bonus was each tube clearly identified the pigment numbers, which I used on my chart to help the kids learn. Some of the pigments are staining- as to be expected- so the littles get much supervision when I let them use these paints.

I am a new painter so I may not be the most expert of voices, but I use Daniel Smith, almost exclusively. A few of my Windsor & Newton cotman can occasionally sneak in when called upon, from my very first beginner days, but otherwise DS is what I’ve used daily for the past 5 months. These were such a great deal, on sale from there $37.99 at the time of this review, I took a chance on them. I was worried if they might be really chalky or lightly pigmented where I’d have to do layers to build up the color, but to my surprise, there isn’t a whole lot of difference in these and my professional paints!! Watched right next to each other you could possibly pick them out with a trained eye, but in a painting, I feel you’d be hard pressed to discern which paints were used in which paintings. There’s a wide range of colors and whatever color isn’t provided already I can easily mix up. There’s an especially great selection of yellows going in to the ochres and raw sienna. These have a nice creamy texture and mix well with each other as well as my DS professionals. If you love color and would like some nice convenience colors, give these a try! They’re a great value (at barely over $1/tube) and the quality is really up there! I hope this helps anyone who’s on the fence or wondering if these are worth it since they may be considered “cheap” quality due to the price point, but I can happily say that isn’t the case here. These aren’t dollar store type watercolors. Thank goodness. Happy painting!🎨🖌️

I'm just trying out these watercolors for the first time after purchasing them a couple of months ago. I am still learning wc myself but I'm not exactly a "student" either. I have a decent collection of many of the top pro brands like Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Holbein & Qor, so I'm familiar with how "the best" behave and look. I haven't swatched out all the colors in this set yet, but did do some of my fave colors as shown in the photos. I am NOT disappointed. The most impressive for me so far are the Permanent Red Deep, Permanent Red Violet & (both very vivid) and Naples Yellow Red...a lovely soft coral/peachy pastel color...but pretty opaque, almost gouache-like. I first swatched on a 9x12 inexpensive Artist's Loft wc paper and then did a few less colors on smaller 4x6 Fluid 100, 100% cotton paper. I think there is more granulation on the better paper. (the spots on the 4x6 are from a misting bottle.) The pigments (in general) used in this set are pretty similar to many of the ones familiar to watercolorists who use pro grades. (Pigment numbers are in tiny print on the sides of each tube.) One difference that's emerging for me is that I'm not seeing quite the same amount of transparency in these and for some colors, the same sort of vividness that I see in the more expensive pro grades. I won't say there's a "chalkiness" because there isn't. But there is maybe more opacity in certain colors than in the same pro grade transparent colors. At any rate, I really like this set and though I wouldn't make it my "go to" watercolor set, I will feel free to integrate some of my fave colors into various watercolor artworks without any concerns.

Absolutely love these paints. They’re bold and beautiful and a nice variety. I wish I could buy more of different colors. Can’t find online.

i’ve known about these paints for quite some time, but with sooo many options on the market, i had a hard time picking which set i wanted. i ended up going with these tubes bc there’s a good selection of single pigment colors and they are very vibrant! i put them in a palette and let them dry so i can reactivate them later. they do great in the palette and dried down completely unlike some other brands.

These paints are OK. Not exceptional, just OK. Also, my kit included TWO tubes of 266 Permanent Orange and did NOT include any 311 Vermillion. So packing is poor quality

First time using tubes. Used to pans. Colors are intense. Takes very little. Barely squeet metal tube close to pallette so you don't swuirt out toothpaste. Tiny drops will harden over. Think it will last long time.

I bought this set thinking it was the latest version - 4th generation, which was supposedly the best set Paul Rubens ever made. To my delight, this set is so vibrant and pigmented. After comparing this to the the 4th generation, which are more than double the price of this set, I realized the paints in this set are mostly different from the colors in the 4th generation set. And, more importantly, most of the colors in this set are more on the transparent side as opposed to the ones in the 4th generation, which are more opaque. I prefer transparent colors which means I got the right set for me!

Great product - one of my first watercolours aside a 12-pan set (also Paul Rubens). Good quality, reasonable price considering the range of colours. Would recommend.

I love these paints. The colors are beautiful and the paint is good quality. I wish l could get this set in professional artist quality paints. But just lovely

These colours are lovely with a good variety.

Some of the paints had binder that were completely separated from the pigment