The included brush is a very small one, a size 0 or 1 round, so you may get used to painting rather small. They do wash perfectly clean, especially if you go over them with a dampened facial tissue after they stain. The whole thing folds out neatly and has three mixing areas. The little metal W&N pocket box doesn't include a brush. It fits in a shirt pocket.Īnd it has the water included, plus the brush. It's about the size of a pack of tall cigarettes, the 100's length. It fits in any pocket or bag, women artists probably keep them in their purse at all times. It's an expensive little gimmick that will trick you into doing more plein air watercolors than you ever expected to. I would actually recommend getting the Artist version from the start, but either one is a joy to use. It lived in my coat in more climates than I can count.Įventually a windfall in the summer of 2003 convinced me that I was ready for artist grade watercolors, so I gave my trusty thirty year old Cotman Field Box to a friend and bought this one, the Artist Field Box. Sometimes it wound up with me in places I didn't expect to get an opportunity to paint, like trying to do flowers in a friend's garden. Usually with its water bottle pre-filled and its water cup nicely washed out because I got in the habit of cleaning and refilling it immediately after every use. it was my "Renaissance Polaroid" that would wind up in my pocket. I kept at it, but somehow when I would decide what to bring on trips or going to the park or going to medieval events or Renaissance faires. I did my best to do a watercolor of the lake at the campsite, and got a good watercolor painting of one tree branch and a line vaguely resembling the horizon. Then I went camping with friends and the Cotman Field Box went in my pocket. I felt like an idiot overpaying for a gimmick as I walked out of the store. $40 more to get one that includes a water bottle and flips open to hold on your hand with a thumb ring? It was a gadget, not a serious artist supply, let alone a necessary one. That felt like a dumb decision at the time. I bought it for the case, plain and simple. I bought it for the water bottle and included brush and water cup. It was horribly expensive for a 12 color watercolor set and the same colors were available with a brush in that simple Sketch Kit. I first bought a W&N Cotman Field Box in 1978 or 1979 at Flax in San Francisco. Out of all this variety of pocket sets, W&N's best for taking anywhere from Renaissance faires to camping trips is the Field Box pictured above. There's the cute little 8 color Cotman Mini that flips open like a cell phone, there is a very inexpensive Cotman 12 color Sketch Box that's got 12 half pans and a good Sceptre pocket brush inside, there's the 14 half pan Compact set in both Cotman and Artist ranges and a beautiful metal box pocket set of 12 Artist's half pans with water bottle included. Winsor & Newton makes a variety of 8 to 12 color pocket sets to suit any budget.
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