Sheena's Product Recommendations with Links

Watercolour Paints

Top Student to Low Professional Affordable Watercolour Sets. Great paints for learning if budget is a consideration.

White Nights 12 Full Pan Watercolour Set

Van Gogh pocket Set Watercolours

Paul Rubens watercolour set of 24 pans

Professional paints for beginners - my recommendation if budget allows.

This is a suggestion for the set of 8 starter paints I also used for the mini kits. The Holbein suggestions are smaller tubes but this amount goes a long way. You don't need to invest in the larger Daniel Smith tubes unless you want to fill more than one pallette:

Daniel Smith 6 tube primaries set

Brown to add to the 6 starter set - choose either burnt umber or burnt Sienna. Sienna is lighter and warmer, Umber is darker and cooler. Both are great in the starter set.

Burnt Sienna Holbein - this is one option for the brown in the basic mini kit of 8

Burnt Sienna Daniel Smith - same as the Holbein but 3 times the size but pricier

Burnt Umber Holbein

Burnt Sienna Daniel Smith

Green to add to the basic set of 8 - choose either Sap or Viridian. Sap is warmer and Viridian is cooler towards a blue.

Sap Green Holbein

Sap Green Daniel Smith

Viridian Hue Holbein

Viridian Daniel Smith

If you would like to use the different light blue I used in some mini pallets which differs from the Daniel Smith starter set of 6, it was Cerulean Blue. Here's the inks:

Holbein Cerulean Blue

Daniel Smith Cerulean Blue

Paul Rubens watercolour set of 24 tubes

Winsor and Newton 18 Tin Set

Rembrandt professional watercolour set

If you're going to treat yourself sets!

Daniel Smith 12 colour Tin Set

Holbein 24 tube set

Mission Gold Watercolours - my go to paints