Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor, 5ml (0.17-oz) Tube, Antwerp Blue

If you know the difference between Winsor Newton "Professional" and "Cotman" then you know one (Cotman) is cheap beginner grade an the other (Professional) is a much better quality that cost much more.Now if you can do simple math, you know that 8ml is much less than 14ml. So I ordered $14.00 WN Proffesional 14ml and got 8ml of WN Cotman.Classic Bait and Switch.

I started with WN Cotman student watercolor paints. Good, but I did not understand mixing problems, learned about paint and tried single pigment M. Graham paint on a reccomendation over more expensive WN Professional paint. I like them very much. Took a class based on WN pro paint and bout a set for the class. WN Pro paint is very nice, but I find I prefer my M. Graham paints. The colors are every bit as good or better, and they wet better. WN paints are dryer. Not a big deal, but not my style. Add the higher cost of WN, and I go back to M. Graham.

I expected a new tube of paint. The tube was clearly opened, creased from someone squeezing out paint, with paint smeared around the cap.

I ordered a half pan of Neutral Tint because I didn't want to add a harsh black to my palette. The paint rewets beautifully and the color is vibrant. It can be built up to a dark black if need be. I'm giving this 4 stars because of the price and didn't know better when I bought it. I purchased the half pan for over $10. Buying a larger tube from a local art store would be more economical. Amazon prices are great for when buying paint sets but if you're planning on buying individual colors, it's better to go to your local shop.

I'd never tried artist quality paint before. It is noticeably better than the W&N Cotman paints. It goes on smoother and is far more pigmented, so although it was expensive, it was worth it.

I used to love the Winsor & Newton brand, but they've either changed their formulation or I got a very bad tube.When I opened the tube, the first three squeezes were of a sticky clear liquid -- the binding agent I assumed. I figured it would settle down once the binder was squeezed out. Nope. This color never settled down and remained sticky and clumpy, even drying clumpy on my pallette. No matter how much water I use to thin it, it made the Arches hot press I was using pill up -- and then left a darker pigment on every pill, even when dry. It was impossible to get a smooth wash with this very expensive color -- at least from the tube I bought here on Amazon. Too much money to be wasting on a tube of paint that can't be used.M. Graham it is.

If you paint watercolor, and love French Ultramarine blue, you'll love this Ultramarine Violet. Expected granulation and separation, lays down beautifully, blends well, washes are gorgeous, and a lovely, transparent purple. LOVE it!

One of my favorite versions of Manganese blue. Nice and vibrant bright blue. Yet subtle enough for mixing warm purples and bright greens. Or just using for bright blue summer skies. Non granulating, too. Definitely would recommend this color.

I bought a selection of these all at once, about 13, all from the professional range and I'm seriously impressed. I'll leave the same review on all of the tubes I bought on Amazon, since my thoughts about them all are the same. I bought: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red, Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Violet, Winsor Violet (Dioxaxzine), Cobalt Turquoise, Winsor Blue (Red Shade), Potter's Pink, Hooker's Green, Titanium White, Payne's Grey and Burnt Umber.TL;DR: To put it simply, these are a huge step up from student-grade watercolours and in particular, W&N's Cotman range. For professional work, get these. For hobby, non-serious work, buy the Cotman range, they're cheaper.I was taking at art school using their Cotman range and started losing my passion for both art and watercolours, questioning my skill. I wanted to paint vibrant images but no matter how much paint I used, the image always dried with dull colours and it began to make me feel like I had to be inadequate at painting for this to be the issue - yet deep down I considered that it may be my materials. After researching watercolours more technically I decided I was using a cheaper variation of what I really required. If you're painting for a non-serious hobby, or with light pastels mainly, you should stick to student-grade paints because they're far more affordable. But if you are considering presenting your work, gifting or selling it and require deeper, brighter shades, I would give these a chance. The colours are so much more vibrant than student-grades, they dry the same shade as the swatch on the tube which is helpful and buying these has reinvigorated my love for watercolours. I no longer feel like my work is suffering.These are really expensive, admittedly but they're so bright and thick that a little bit can spread very far, making them worth the price. I would gladly spend a fiver per tube for their amazing quality.I have one issue with the paints and it's minor. When I opened my Cadmium Orange shade, it was almost all water and about 1/3 of the tube paint - that being said the colour is so lovely and the paint is itself so thick that it is lasting me a long while. However, it seems to be a manufacturing failure that so much paint is missing from the tube. At least if you buy in stores, you can check to see if the paints are watery or have been squeezed out before you buy them as they do not come packaged, they arrive exactly as in the picture, in a box or envelope.One great thing about these paints, a direct link to their quality over student-grade paints is that they are so thick they can be used like gouache paints. I love gouache and I'm glad I bought these first as I was initially just going to buy any other random set of watercolours plus some gouaches. These double as both depending on how much you thin with water.I bought all of the tubes separately. On some obscure parts of Amazon, or on W&N's own website, they sell a set. The average basic rainbow colours you'll find in any set. I wanted to pick the shades myself and I'm glad I did. However, I'm not sure if this is true to the nature of some of the colours or another manufacturing issue - some of the colours are slightly more grainy than the others. For example, my Lemon Yellow and Orange are buttery smooth but my Cobalt Violet is slightly bitty/gritty and while it will mix smooth eventually, it takes longer to mix it with other shades thoroughly.Also, W&N have their own guide about how saturated/transparent each colour is and there is a difference between some of the shades as shown when I made a mixing chart. Some are really opaque but easily mixed like my Cadmium Red, others are more on the transparent side like my Lemon Yellow or Hooker's Green. But they're very easy to work with.Overall, I'm very pleased. These colours are fantastic, the range is great, it is a bit pricy but my artwork looks great as a result.

Partly my own fault ! I didn't read the description properly, so when this super tiny tube of oil paint arrived I was so disappointed, I would never have paid the amount I did for the size .Although the service was excellent and arrived very prompt

This size tube for the price is very poor. You can get a pack of 10 different colours including white, much larger than this for £3 at The Works. This is a serious rip off. My advice is go to the works instead.

Fab. Exactly what I wanted. Thank you. Not really sure what else to say about a tube of paint. I usually buy Winsor and Newton because it's pretty good quality and doesn't cost the earth.

I’ve been using this brand more than a year now and this one is just as good as the others used. Good quality but a bit expensive.