ColiroArtist Mica Watercolour M730 Shimmer & Pearl Color Set"Ocean" by Finetec

I have been advised by 3 professionals artists to buy this brand of metallic watercolour paints and they don’t disappoint! The key thing they have all said is to add a small amount of water to the paint (preferably distilled water as that water won’t have impurities to it and you will get purer colour) and leave it for a few minutes for the paint to work/activate/be able to use properly. Don’t use these like normal watercolour paints where you immediately wet your brush and add it to the pan because it doesn’t work that way. Once the paint has liquidised a bit you then pick up the pigments using your brush very gently and only a tiny amount as it goes a long way. These are highly pigmented and they work brilliantly. Do remember that watercolours are translucent so don’t expect a block of colour like acrylic or gauache. The beauty of these colours are you can layer them on top of other water colour or gouache paint for a beautiful iridescent or metallic sheen. I bought these to paint stylised birds tummies to make their feathers gleaming and iridescent in colour. Even though these paints are expensive I can see myself using them a lot to get beautiful effects. As you get several different colours to a container they work out about £5 each individual colour aprox and that didn’t seem quite so bad. Since buying my first set, I have gone on to buy more of this series in different colours because I love the way they handle as I know how properly to use them! Personally I wouldn’t give these to children to use as they are too precious and expensive and children can be heavy handed. If you are heavily handed with these paints I can’t imagine them lasting very long! You can buy cheaper versions that may be more child friendly and able to stand up to them better. This is more professional use or to be used by older children who don’t need supervision or students. I would highly recommend getting a small plastic needleless syringe to apply the water to the pan because you don’t want to flood the pan with too much water!

Needed some metallic colours and research pulled up positive reviews on these. As quite expensive gave them a go and pleased I did. I use them with a brush on black watercolour paint, and have used with my dip pen for calligraphy. Really lovely. I also picked up the gold palette and would consider getting individual colours to suit what I need in the future.

Great on black paper. Great mixed with other colors and watercolors. Mixing madness unleashed possibilities. Worth it.

Arrivato in anticipo rispetto alla data prevista. Tutto perfetto. La qualità dei colori è altissima. Su foglio nero rendono tantissimo. Consigliato!!!!

Je l'ai utilisé pour un cours avec la Méthode Zentangle que j'ai suivi. J'ai dessiné un motif en 3 D à l'aide cette peinture.

Diese Farben sind der absolute Hammer! Dass sie nicht gerade soooo günstig sind, machen Sie durch Langlebigkeit und WOW-Faktor wett. Lieferung erfolgte schnell und problemlos. Jederzeit wieder. Ein Gedicht!

Fabulous colors for all levels. Gorgeous metallic colors.