Enclosed in a handy, portable case, this kit includes paints, brushes, and a blank pad of absorbent watercolor paper -everything you'll need to begin creating right away! It is a fantastic gift set, and a great travel set. The kit includes the 144 page illustrated instruction book, 96 page watercolor pad, five watercolor paint blocks in a porcelain palette and two brushes. Students will learn about watercolor materials and techniques ranging from laying down tones to using complementary colors to developing their own painting style, while the watercolors dotting each page provide subject ideas.

The book by British artist and illustrator Curtis Tappenden details techniques ranging from laying down tones to using complementary colors to developing your own painting style. Each page provides interesting subject ideas.