Daniel Smith001900501 Extra Fine Watercolor 66-Dot Try-It Card

The card is great to get a feel and sense of this range of paints before buying. I loved the crystal range - some are shimmery and they have a very earthy feel. The quinatridone range was also on and they seem to have a high pigmentation in comparison with the standard WN and DR.It gives me confidence in buying some of the paint tubes and sets when money allows.

Brilliant way to see what paint you want to order. So impressed am waiting for the 244 dot chart to arrive .

Love this product, gives you a feel of how good these high quality, vibrant paints are. I've only really used a couple of samples off the dot sheets so far and I've been very impressed.

Most of these are the less frequently used colours and some, particularly the iridescents and duochromes were extremely faint. Still, at least I know not to buy them! Make sure you drop a little water on the top of the top section dots a few minutes before use as they take longer to ‘wake up’.

No problems

I was looking forward to trying out these paints as I have heard so many great things about them. However, some of the paint dots on this sheet are really impossible to test the paint with, it's as if someone has waved the paint tube in front of the sheer of paper without bothering to squeeze any paint out. Really really disappointed, and if it's a penny pinching plot to save money it hasn't worked as I will be sticking to Winsor and Newton. It's a real shame as some of the colours do look nice, but hey, if you're going to sell a swatch sheet make sure there's actually blobs of paint on the actual sheet!I've added a star to the review simply because the primatek colours I ordered have arrived and they're actually beautiful. But I wish I hadn't wasted money on this dot chart as I can't actually test some of the colours due to the lack of paint applied. It does seem a bit silly to put customers off by being stingy with the paint tester!