Talens Art Creation Watercolour Starter Set

Talens Art Creation Watercolour Set: a complete starter kit

Starting watercolour painting usually means buying three things: paint, paper and brushes. That means three choices, with plenty of chances to get it wrong — often on the paper, which can spoil everything if it’s not right. This set solves that problem in one go. It includes everything you need to start painting straight away, with each item selected to work well with the others.

What’s in the set:

• 12 tubes of 12 ml paint: a basic palette designed to mix all colours rather than just display decorative shades. Colours include white, yellow, ochre, crimson, scarlet, burnt umber, burnt sienna, ultramarine, cerulean blue, dark green, yellowish green and Payne’s grey.
• An A4 pad of 15 sheets of 240 gsm watercolour paper, size 29.7 x 21 cm, spiral bound. The weight prevents buckling from washes, and the spiral lets you work flat or fold the pad back on itself.
• Three round brushes: sizes 4, 6 and 8, synthetic Filament fibres with short handles. These sizes cover detail work, regular strokes and washes.
• A QR code linking to online tutorials: the set gives access to many step-by-step guides. Beginners often need this most — ideas for what to do once the box is open.

FAQ:

What is the Chinese white for? It adds opaque highlights, bright details or corrections. It’s not for lightening mixed colours.

Is the paper good quality? It’s 240 gsm watercolour paper, suitable for washes in beginner work. For very wet washes or repeated reworking, 300 gsm paper offers more durability.

How long does a 12 ml tube last? Quite a while: watercolour is used very diluted, so a small amount covers a whole session.

Can the tubes be refilled into pans? Yes, this is common practice: squeeze paint into empty half pans and let it dry. You get a portable palette that reactivates with water.