Metallic Watercolor Paint Set with Palette & Brush Pens - 18 Color

I already owned the travel set, and based on it's amazing quality and value, decided to buy the metallic/ chameleon set also. Here is my experience and opinion of both these fine products: 1. Travel set: I have a lot of water color sets and options, such that I really try to limit my purchases. But, sometimes a set is so good, especially for a budget friendly price that its worth owning--this is that set. I have not personally found a better performer for the price point!! Especially when I consider that this is a Chinese made art supply!! I'm sure there are better watercolors in the world...but they're all going to come from Europe and Japan, not China. So, those better paints will cost a bit more than this set. This set is literally better quality than many other sets at a similar price from the crafts store. Paint handles like watercolor should! It's not faint, it's not thick and chalky. This is a seriously good set for a beginner or casual hobbyist. Ideal for a teen or college age creative too! The travel set includes a range of standard type watercolors which are well pigmented and do granulate slightly! With cheaper sets like this, I personally expect more variability in the quality of paints (meaning that some will produce a better looking finished product than others with regard to the amount and quality of pigments). With this set, all the standard paints are rich and while there are slight differences between them, they're all useable. Now, this set also contains a few neon colors and metallics. That's where the quality takes a nose dive. Of course neons and metallics are tricky for almost any medium or company-- plenty of companies have a solid line of standard colors, and then somehow fail to produce neons and metallics that compare to the regular line. I have some very inexpensive neon paints that are way more pigmented and produce a better looking color saturation than these neon paints--but they are really chalky, almost like gouache in texture. So, hard for me to say about these...they still handle better than cheaper paints, but they're simply lacking some of the qualities of the standard color range. To me, the metallics are even worse. It's easy to find much better generic metallic paints than what's offered in this set. I notice that there's not a lot of reviews for both sets at once, not a lot of reviews for the metallic set and I feel like there's a reason for that: maybe most people would not buy the stand alone metallic set after sampling what's already included here. Travel set also includes some small watercolor papers, a few tools, and a handy guide with color names. It's very easy to transpose some of these colors when you swatch them out, so double check. One final thing to note: these paints aren't in removable pans. These are like cheaper paints in that they've obviously been made in some other mold, then glued in here. They look almost like they were formed in a long strip then sawed down to these sizes. So there's space between the pat of paint and it's section in this travel palette. That really really affects how these paints perform in way I consider negative. I always mist my paints with water to activate them. That method still helps a bit with this set, but not like it should! Meaning I had to mist the palette at least 6 times when I swatched it out and still yet had to come in and do most of the activation with a very wet brush. That does affect the control of the paints! These paints seem to need more water than what I would expect. It's not an insurmountable issue, and overall, I am very happy with this product, especially for the price. That's just a thing to keep in mind. 2. Metallic/ Chameleon set: They were very smart to include swatch sheets of both white watercolor paper and black card stock!! Most of these paints are awful on the white paper, but they really deliver a nice effect over black! Now, there's a ton of overlap between these paints and the metallics included in the travel set. You can compare the names in my photo where I show the Travel set on top (metallics are listed last on that swatch sheet) with the black and white metallic swatch sheets. Some of these, like the purple and green simply shouldn't have been repeated between these sets--theyre not good enough quality to justify them being included in any set that costs more than $5!! Seriously. And while the Gold has the same item name and number, it is invisible on white with this set, yet is plainly visible on white with the Travel set. That might be an issue for some people who specifically need a gold that can deliver. I think the Travel set is all around an excellent set, and I would recommend it strongly. If you don't already have some decent watercolors, then definitely invest in the travel set. The Chameleon set is more of a novelty item. If you're just looking for classic metallic watercolors, or jewel tones...you can honestly find what you're looking for at half the price of this set!! I would offer recommendations, but I think that's outside the scope of this review. This Chameleon set is really just for the person who has money to burn on novelty art supplies...or who is looking for that certain something that isn't readily available. I do give them credit for that-- having colors with a slight iridescent chameleon effect. I bought this set because it's the first I have found that offers that kind of paint. Plus, the travel set is stellar, so I had high expectations. To be fair, the paints in this set aren't too bad. Some of them granulate a bit. They do handle well. They seem like a quality product, it's just that there's numerous good classic metallic sets on the market that offer better color saturation for less money. But still, I don't want to discourage anyone from getting this set!! I am glad I have it. It's well packaged with the same extras as the travel set. The tin has a beautiful iridescent finish, too. I think the Chameleon set is ideal for someone like me who already has several sets of classic metallic watercolors but is looking for a different effect. My actual complaint about this set is that there's a lot of overlap between it and the travel set, so that destroys value for price if you already own the travel set. I wish this set would have only been new, Chameleon tones, with none of the classic metallics.

Definitely beautiful and very versatile! The colors are so vibrant! The metallic and glitter make it so perfect for pretty much any artistic project. The colors are so smooth and very pigmented! The case is very cute and portable. The colors appear different in black color sheet vs white- which is a really cool effect. The size is just perfect for what I need. It’s a great gift or something you can just keep like I did (a Mother’s Day gift to me) from me lol. The blendability works well with other colors , it’s an amazing value for money! I do NOT regret getting this! I just want all them Now! Haha

This is a gorgeous little complete self-contained kit that is great for travel! A few of the chameleon colors shown are various shades of white iridescent. The bright color shown on the palette represents its iridescent shine of the pearlescent watercolor. Great quality, and comes with everything you need to get started.

Update: I am updating my review to four stars because Artistro reached out to me to make things right. This leads me to believe that I did get a set that missed the QA process. Original Review: Usually I like Artistro products, but these were very disappointing. Only the 6 chameleon colors - which are very obviously formulated differently than the 12 metallic colors - are any good. The other colors, that are shaped like rectangles, are very poor quality. Suitable only for very young children with no artistic skills yet. The first indication that they would be poor quality was that when I dropped water onto the bar shaped metallic colors, the surface wrinkled up like wet paper. In swatching them I had difficulty getting the colors to fully dissolve and stay dissolved well - as you can see in the photos of my swatches, the colors clumped easily and are not very vibrant at all compared to other metallic watercolor brands, or even to the chameleon colors included in this set. When the bar shaped metallic colors are wetted, the color comes off in chunks. While the chameleon colors are rather nice, it was a total waste of money to have bought this set just for them. But since I swatched these, I cannot in good conscious return them, so I am now stuck with an 18 color set that has 12 colors I am not likely to use. Maybe I got a set that had old or QA reject metallic colors in it, but based on the set I received, I cannot recommend these for any one but young children.

I rarely rate so high! These are the highest quality metallic watercolors I have found. Miles ahead of the other brands! I highly recommend these paints. The color changing paints on a light vs dark surface are amazing! AAA++++

I’ve bought three of these sets because I really like the metallic colors. They have a nice shine and I enjoy using them in my work. I also transfer them into other pans so I can customize my palettes, which makes it easy to organize everything the way I like.

The first thinf you should do is get a good watercolor brush. The second thing is get black paper. The colors really do not show up on white. They are not what you think you are getting from the pictures. It is a nice travel box. You do get two color charts and I have taken pictures of the results on both the white and black watercolor paper. Honestly, on white, I have a much cheaper set that is way better. On black they are good. But as you can see, the gold's and oranges look like browns on white paper. The ruby doesn't really come off red. The two color charts were done simultaneously with their brush.

I love these paints. The colors are beautiful. The best thing is you can take it with you. I spend a lot of time in waiting rooms and all you need is a bottle of water and wet wipes and your ready to go.

First time buying love the kit. Colors are really nice. Comes with some watercolor paper and other items would definitely recommend. Not overly expensive. Great for starting out.

Acquerelli davvero interessanti per rendere speciali i disegni che colorate. Tutta la confezione è stata un piacere da aprire e scoprire e facendo lo swatch è evidente come questo set brilli (letteralmente) sui fogli neri, ma possono dare un effetto pazzesco anche su dettagli di un disegno su carta bianca. Una felicissima scoperta che mi ha fatto tornare il piacere di sperimentare con gli acquerelli on the go.

Prachtige kleuren !!!!

WOW SUPER NICE

Super schön und richtig metallic:) Lassen sich wie gewöhnliche Aquarell Farben verwenden. Etwas weniger Deckkraft;)