-WINSOR & NEWTON Cotman Watercolors are a range of watercolors that are manufactured to our normal high quality standards, but costs are kept affordable by replacing some of the more expensive pigments with less expensive alternatives.
-Each color has good transparency, excellent tinting power and good working properties.
-This set of twelve 8ml Cotman tubes contains: Cadmium Yellow Hue, Pale Cadmium Red Hue, Ultramarine, Prussian Blue, Cerulean Blue Hue, Viridian Hue, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black, and Chinese White.
-Watercolor Winsor & Newton Cotman.
Cotman Watercolors are a range of watercolors that are manufactured to our normal high quality standards, but costs are kept affordable by replacing some of the more expensive pigments with less expensive alternatives.
-The range consists of 40 colors that have good transparency, excellent tinting power and good working properties.
-Pigments.
Costs are kept affordable by replacing some of the more expensive pigments with less expensive alternatives.
-Pigments are derived from various sources: some are natural products, in particular earths, e.g. amber, ochres; others come from metal compounds and are sometimes called ‘traditional’ or ‘genuine’, e.g. ultramarine.
-Petroleum distillation produces an ever-increasing range of organic pigments that are often referred to as “modern”.
-Many of the pigments used in Cotman are organic.
-Color range.
The Cotman Water Color range has a more uniform consistency than the Professional Water Color range and this benefits beginners as there is less to learn about each individual pigment.
– The Cotman Water Color range is also related to the Winsor & Newton Professional Water Color range, e.g.
-Burnt Sienna in both ranges has the same shade.
-This allows artists to use colors from both gamuts with minimal adjustment to their technique.
-White in the Range.
Traditionally, the white of the paper provides the brightness to the watercolor and can be used as highlights.
-However, some artists use Chinese white to highlight at the end of their painting or to tone down some color mixes.