Brustro artist quality watercolours are characterised in a number of ways, including opacity, transparency, granulation, whether staining or liftable as well as lightfastness. The tubes give an idea of what to expect. The beauty and uniqueness of Brustro watercolours lies within its properties, each containing characteristics not found in any other painting medium. Colours are so transparent that they allow the light to shine through to the watercolor paper and in turn lets the white of the paper reflect back. Set contains the following shades. - yellow ochre, raw umber, burnt umber, burnt sienna, light green, sap green, pthalo green, deep green, purple, violet, prussian blue, titanium white, ivory black, lemon yellow, cad. Yellow pale hue, gamboge, cad. Orange hue, scarlet, vermillion, crimson, rose madder lake, ultramarine, cobalt blue hue, cerulean blue. Excellent quality make brsutro artists watercolours the perfect choice. All 24 colours are formulated using rich, premium pigments, uniformly combined in balanced mediums to ensure fluid, controlled washes time after time. Each colour has a vibrancy like no other is just as the word describes. These watercolours allow the light to shine through to the watercolour paper and in turn lets the white of the paper reflect back. The colors look clean, crisp, and appear to glow. The of the colours blocks the light from coming through to the watercolor paper. Instead, the light bounces off the pigment. Brustro watercolours are lightfast meaning the pigment can withstand exposure to light and humidity without fading or altering to colour. The pigment in the paint has the ability to resist gradual fading when exposed to light and has good handling and blending characteristics. Water is the solvent that is mixed with watercolour paint to make it the right fluidity and concentration, whatever the type of watercolour paint being used. How much water you mix with the paint will determine how intense the colour is as well as affect its transparency. Different hues can be created by mixing colours on the palette. Once the paint has dried, the water evaporates, leaving a colour that is a little lighter than when wet. Watercolour is reactivated when wet, so can be reworked at any time after drying as long as it hasnt been sealed with a varnish. This will render it waterproof and protect it from environmental factors such as light, humidity, and dust, but will also make it unworkable. Until then, you can add colour to a colour that has dried in order to strengthen it or create another hue by mixing it with another colour. Watercolour is a great medium for many subjects and purposes. Experiment with some watercolours on your own to learn some of their properties. There are two major factors to consider when painting with watercolours- wet and dry. As the name suggests, watercolour is a water-based medium. You can manipulate the darkness and saturation of the pigment depending on how much water you add. Another important watercolour technique to remember is that youre working from light to dark. This means that anything youre keeping white or light in your painting needs to stay that way for the whole duration of the work. Build your values up layer by layer to arrive at the effect you want. This does take a lot of planning but the results will be worth it.