Horadam Watercolors, Floral Set of 12

Available again for a limited time! This special-edition box of Schmincke Horadam Watercolors is selected specifically for botanical painting. It features the brightest, most intense botanical colors from across Schmincke's spectrum, allowing the floral painter to achieve lifelike colors and gradients.

The box itself is also pretty cool — it's a grooved aluminum design with space for 18 pans (so you can add six to what's included in the box.) The colors in this set are 211 - chromium yellow hue lemon, 216 - pure yellow, 222 - yellow orange, 342 - vermilion light, 355 - vermilion light, 351 - ruby red, 369 - quinacridone magenta, 472 - quinacridone purple, 487 - cobalt blue light, 484 - phthalo blue, 514 - helio green, and 784 - perylene green.

Made in Germany.

About Schmincke Horadam Watercolors:

Schmincke Horadam watercolors are among the world's finest professional-grade colors. First patented in 1892 by Schmincke co-founder Josef Horadam and continuously improved over more than a century of effort, Horadam watercolors are vibrant, smooth, and easy to apply to any kind of watercolor paper. Only the best artist pigments are used for the 140 colors that make up today's Horadam lineup. They're milled until the paint becomes creamy and utterly consistent, and each color shines in its pan when water is applied.

Even the process of filling Horadam pans is special. Each pan is liquid-filled from the same watercolor that's in Horadam tubes, then allowed to dry four times in a process that takes several weeks from start to finish. The result is an incredibly concentrated dry pan that reactivates instantly when you touch it with a wet brush. Scrub a little bit and you'll have intense color, ready to apply to your notebook or pad.