Those who know my work will no doubt have noticed that this set is full of many of my favourite and most recommended colours! The idea, started back in 2016, was to create a half-pan set of 24 colours that would be a useful palette for anyone starting out with watercolours, or moving to Daniel Smith watercolours for the first time. It includes a warm and cool yellow, a warm and cool red, a warm and cool blue, along with an extra yellow, red and blue for more mixing and painting options. There are also a number of wonderful convenience greens, a great range of earth pigments, a dark (Jane's Grey) and a light (Buff Titanium).
I've painted out the full range here, and explained why I chose them. It includes all of my Ultimate Mixing Set colours, except Hansa Yellow Medium - for this set I've used the traditional cool yellow idea and gone with Hansa Yellow Light. It is a great set for anyone wanting to do my 12-lesson in depth Mastering Watercolours course (more information here https://www.janeblundellart.com/maste....
This set doesn't showcase all the unique Daniel Smith pigments. It is intended to be more universal rather than personal or quirky, but there is a second empty palette in the box that can be used to add wonderful granulating pigments, convenience purples, Primateks or any others that resonate with you :-)
It is perfectly suited to painting any subject, and allows you to explore all the characteristics of watercolour as it contains pigments that are transparent, opaque, granulating, staining, liftable and/or non granulating.
The brush I used was a Da Vinci Artissimo sable mop, Series 428.

Disclosure: This is a sample set that was sent to me by Daniel Smith Art Materials, however I am not paid to create this, and all opinions are my own. While there are many wonderful watercolour brands available, I've been using Daniel Smith watercolours since 1995, just a couple of years after they were first created. I really enjoy the paints, and working with the company to make great art materials available to everyone.