These have been a great starter-set intro to the Winsor & Newton Cotman brand. The paints themselves go on so smoothly. I really like the selection of colors in this set compared to some of the other small sets, although with only 12 its hard to have all the colors you'd like. The colors that are included are nice and vibrant! Most colors mix well for nice even paints. The exception was the white - its nice to have an option to get a lighter shade and have it more opaque, but it does look chalky, and I'd recommend getting individual tubes of colors like magenta (permanent rose) or a lighter blue rather than mixing in white.The pans and container are nice that they can be arranged how you want and there is enough space in between so that you don't accidentally get paint from one pan to the next. Also, if you want to swap out other colors, its really easy to do so!The brush pen I wasn't a huge fan of at first, but is a nice option to get your feet wet with an aqua brush. For me, I preferred having an aqua brush where I had more control over the water flow. The paints ended up getting too-watery as it would dispense water even without squeezing at times, but it is a nice small brush to do a lot of interesting small paintings! Overall, I'm very happy with the set, and would recommend it!