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• Fine acrylic paint in vivid and deep, richly pigmented colors with a matt, satin finish; Line includes Classic, Dyna, Fluo and Metallic colors
• Thick consistency particularly suited to work in dimension; Retains the imprint of brushes and painting knives
• Can be used alone, mixed together, or combined with Studio Acrylics mediums to expand creative possibilities
• Versatile and adhering, it is ideal for collage, working in layers, Mixed Media and is suitable for most surfaces: canvas, cardboard, wood, metal, Liquid Art Panels
• Metal Atelier Collection Case contains 12 x 12 ml tubes (Cadmium Orange Hue, Primary Yellow, Dark Ultramarine Blue, Primary Magenta, Oriental Violet, Primary Cyan, Phthalocyanine Emerald, Cadmium Green Hue, Yellow Ochre, Transparent Vermilion, Burnt Umber, Payne's Grey), 5 x 20 ml tubes (Titanium White, Mars Black, Silver, Gold, Iridescent Blue Green), a palette, 2 pencils, a pencil sharpener, 3 brushes, 1 canvas board, 1 eraser, 2 plastic painting knives

This Pebeo Studio XL Oil Paint Set contains a range of Pebeo XL Oil Paints and accessories, all in a metal case with carrying handle. It is a perfect oil painting set for beginners.

Pebeo Studio XL Oils are high quality oil paints that can be used on a large range of suitably primed surfaces including canvas, wood and thick cardboard.

Included in this Pebeo Studio XL Oil Paint Set:

All in a lightweight metal case with metal clasps and a carrying handle.

Clean all equipment after use with a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit.

Pebeo Packaging: carton packages

Capacity: 12 colors/ 18 colors/ 24colors * 12ml per tube

Features: separate color formula designed to ensure the stability of the pigment

Mark covering power and tinting strength

Colors can be mixed freely

Use of pure linseed oil as a carrier medium of oil colors

Affordable, cost-effective

Recently, I bought a box set of Pebeo pan watercolours to try out.

Pebeo watercolours are available in tubes and pans. They seem to only have one range currently called the Fine series. In this range, there are only 28 colours. The paints are made in China.

Pebeo watercolours are actually student grade watercolour. I bought this set because the pricing is very attractive. 

The palette box is painted all white including the exterior. What I like about it is the second mixing area when flipped open is totally parallel to the ground surface.

For cleaning, you can remove the pan holder plate inside. This is just like box sets from other brands.

The colours included are

• Primary Lemon Yellow - *** - 1
• Cadmium Yellow Pale - *** - 1
• Primary Red Cadmium - *** - 1
• Alizarine Crimson - * - 3
• Primary Phthalo Blue - *** - 1
• Cobalt Blue - *** - 1
• Permanent Green - *** - 1
• Earth Green - *** - 1
• Yellow Ochre - *** -1
• Burnt Sienna - *** - 1
• Burnt Umber - *** - 1
• Ivory Black - *** - 1

The lightfast rating of *** represents excellent lightfast and * means it will fade. Alizarin Crimson for example is the one that's going to fade faster when exposed to light.

Below's the colour chart that I've created. Click for a bigger view.

You get what you pay for with the Pebeo. The colours are not strong, pastel-like and a bit chalky at times.

It's very difficult to get the pigment from the pans. Hence, mixing colours is very frustrating. As such, I don't even feel like I want to use them for painting any examples. It's that bad.

After spending so much effort to dissolve the paint, it's quite disappointing to see the low intensity of the paints.

You can see that the WN Cotman series has colours that are more intense than Pebeo. The difference is quite clear. Schminke and Sennelier are the most intense, but they are artist grade quality paints.