Winsor & Newton Watercolor Pocket Set Comparison

This video is a side-by-side comparison of the Winsor & Newton Sketchers' Pocket Set and the Palette Pocket Set. Both are in the Cotman Series, which is a student grade in their watercolors.

Sketchers' Pocket Set includes:
-- 3 mixing wells on the inside lid
-- one mini travel brush - size 1(?)
-- 12 half pan colors: Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red Pale Hue, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue Hue, Viridian Hue, Sap Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, and Chinese White.

Palette Pocket Set includes:
-- 8 mixing wells total. 3 wells on lid and 5 on removable lid cover
-- one travel brush - size 5 (says so on the brush)
-- 12 half pan colors: Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red Pale Hue, Permanent Rose, Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue Hue, Viridian Hue, Sap Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black, and Chinese White.
(My set and colors are customized)

Please feel free to ask any questioned about these sets in the comments. I'd be happy to answer and/or discuss these sets.

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[cheralynn]

Your palette upgrades are brilliant--very helpful!

[horselover]

Thank you for this! I've been trying to see how they differ and couldn't find any direct comparisons online.

[visualartist]

Very informative review. Thanks for the info re. cutting that blue section so the box lies flat.

[JamilyaRamosChapman]

I got the thicker palette and I was annoyed that it didn’t lye flat. I will make that modification by cutting the back. Also I didn’t realize the mixing trays can be snapped on! So thank you for cool tips

[artrae]

Thank you for this video, very useful information. Really liked your customisation tip.

[moremustard]

Thank you for this really great look at these two sets. I was trying to figure out which one I should get for field use for urban sketching, and I decided on the second one. I liked the finger grip thing as well as the additional 5 wells. Will mostly be using it on location in urban settings, and the extra pallet mixing space was appealing. Thank you!

[lark]

Great review....nice way to really make it your own.

[qpbdhvn]

Thanks so much for this great video! I couldn’t get my palette to sit flat but tried your tip to use the mini binder clip. Thanks so much! Can you share the adhesive dots you used to stick your half pans to your customized base? Thank you!

[sightlines]

Great mod - I will fix mine. I often remove the other pallet and use the lid as a mixing space.

[anndavidson]

Thanks for sharing your experience...I have older wn cotman travel palette with 14 colors and a rounded lid for mixind with 5 wells..but doesn't lie flat so color mixes run to center to brush holder...I have lost original details of colors included and wondered if anyone else has that older set and knows?! I don't remember year I bought ...could have been 8 years ago. ??? Thanks 😊 from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦.

[ValleyOakPaper]

It looks like W&N have listened to feedback. I have an older W&N field set with 14 colors. Nice, sturdy plastic, but the mixing wells are too shallow. If you try to mix enough paint for, say a sky on a 4 by 6 paper, it would inevitably flow into adjacent wells. It looks like the wells in your sets are deeper and better separated.

[UJB]

One has a Black, a mono pigmented black. You can make an actual neutral grey with the thicker set.

There's no black or even a Payne's grey in the thin set. It does have 2 yellows tho'.

[nutellay]

i don't really like the palette box because of the blue rubber thingy, it doesn't lay flat on the surface, so you needed to remove it to lay flat on the surface.

[VIProach]

The case is not exactly the same. First it has more plain texture, then the brand name is place in a different spot and doesn't have golden layer. It also feels less tight to close and open (for me not in a good sence), feels like it could open on it's own while in a bag or a pocket. Not sure if the plastic quality is the same too. The paint colors are the same, I think. Overall I like older box more.