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Rosa Gallery Botanical Watercolour Set 24 Full Pans, Transparent Single Pigment, Artist Gift Uk
Rosa Gallery Botanical Watercolour Set 24 Full Pans, Transparent Single Pigment, Artist Gift Uk
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Twenty-four transparent, single-pigment watercolours chosen specifically for botanical illustration - every colour in this set was selected for the layered, luminous work that flowers and plants demand.
ABOUT THIS SET
Botanical illustration is a technique built on transparency. Every petal, every leaf, every stem is painted in layers - thin glazes that let light travel through the paint and bounce back from the white paper, creating that characteristic glow that separates a skilled botanical painting from an ordinary sketch. It only works with the right colours.
The ROSA Gallery Botanical 24 is a palette assembled with exactly this in mind. Instead of a general-purpose selection of mixed pigments and opaques, every colour here is transparent or semi-transparent, and most are single-pigment. That means when you layer Madder Rose over Opera Rose, you get a clean, glowing result - not a murky mess. When you glaze Quinacridone Violet over dried Cobalt Blue, the violet stays true. Predictable, reliable, clean.
THE COLOURS
What sets this palette apart from a standard 24-colour set is the depth of the rose and red range, and the deliberate inclusion of specialist colours that most general watercolour sets leave out:
REDS & PINKS - a full spectrum for petals:
Cadmium Red Light · Bright Red · Madder Red · Madder Rose · Opera Rose · Magenta Rose
PURPLES & VIOLETS - for shadows and depth:
Quinacridone Violet · Violet
GREENS - three distinct shades for stems and foliage:
Olive Green · Green · Emerald Green
BLUES - for cool shadows and skies:
Blue · Cobalt Blue · Ultramarine
YELLOWS & ORANGES - warm flower tones:
Cadmium Lemon · Cadmium Yellow Light · Cadmium Yellow Deep · Cadmium Orange
EARTH TONES - for bark, soil, and rich shadows:
Yellow Ochre · Burnt Sienna · Umber · Sepia
SPECIAL:
Titanium White (704) · Black Grape (747)
A note on Black Grape: this deep wine-purple tone is one of the most useful colours in botanical work - it creates rich, transparent darks in the deepest shadow areas of burgundy roses, dark dahlias, or overripe berries. It behaves nothing like black. Standard watercolour sets rarely include it.
THE PACKAGING
The set comes in a compact cardboard box with a plastic blister insert that holds each pan securely in its own slot. Pans don't touch each other, which means no colour contamination when you open the lid and reach for a shade. The cardboard case closes firmly and keeps paints neat between sessions - it's a practical format that takes up minimal space on a desk or in a bag.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Pan type: Full pans - 2.5 ml each
- Number of colours: 24
- Packaging: Cardboard box with plastic blister insert
- Pigment type: Transparent and semi-transparent, mostly single-pigment
- Binder: Organic gum arabic
- Pigments: Finely ground organic and inorganic
- Lightfastness: High
- Brand: ROSA Gallery - professional fine art line, Ukraine, founded 1996
ABOUT ROSA GALLERY
ROSA is a Ukrainian fine art brand established in 1996, exported to over 15 countries and stocked by major UK retailers including Jackson's Art. ROSA Gallery is their professional line - every colour developed in direct collaboration with practising artists, tested for transparency, lightfastness, and mixing behaviour. Bought in the UK, every ROSA Gallery set supports a Ukrainian manufacturer that continued producing and shipping art materials throughout the most difficult circumstances.
PERFECT FOR
The botanical illustrator who wants a curated, specialist palette without the cost of a large metal tin set. The artist taking a botanical illustration course who needs professional-grade paints from day one. The watercolourist who already has a general set and wants a dedicated botanical palette to complement it. And a genuinely considered gift for anyone who paints flowers, plants, or nature studies.
SHIPPING & CARE
- Ships from the UK - fast and tracked
- Compact packaging travels safely
- Store in the original box or transfer pans to a metal case (sold separately)
- Individual pans are replaceable - see the ROSA Gallery open stock range
Save this listing, or share it with the botanical painter in your life.
ABOUT THIS SET
Botanical illustration is a technique built on transparency. Every petal, every leaf, every stem is painted in layers - thin glazes that let light travel through the paint and bounce back from the white paper, creating that characteristic glow that separates a skilled botanical painting from an ordinary sketch. It only works with the right colours.
The ROSA Gallery Botanical 24 is a palette assembled with exactly this in mind. Instead of a general-purpose selection of mixed pigments and opaques, every colour here is transparent or semi-transparent, and most are single-pigment. That means when you layer Madder Rose over Opera Rose, you get a clean, glowing result - not a murky mess. When you glaze Quinacridone Violet over dried Cobalt Blue, the violet stays true. Predictable, reliable, clean.
THE COLOURS
What sets this palette apart from a standard 24-colour set is the depth of the rose and red range, and the deliberate inclusion of specialist colours that most general watercolour sets leave out:
REDS & PINKS - a full spectrum for petals:
Cadmium Red Light · Bright Red · Madder Red · Madder Rose · Opera Rose · Magenta Rose
PURPLES & VIOLETS - for shadows and depth:
Quinacridone Violet · Violet
GREENS - three distinct shades for stems and foliage:
Olive Green · Green · Emerald Green
BLUES - for cool shadows and skies:
Blue · Cobalt Blue · Ultramarine
YELLOWS & ORANGES - warm flower tones:
Cadmium Lemon · Cadmium Yellow Light · Cadmium Yellow Deep · Cadmium Orange
EARTH TONES - for bark, soil, and rich shadows:
Yellow Ochre · Burnt Sienna · Umber · Sepia
SPECIAL:
Titanium White (704) · Black Grape (747)
A note on Black Grape: this deep wine-purple tone is one of the most useful colours in botanical work - it creates rich, transparent darks in the deepest shadow areas of burgundy roses, dark dahlias, or overripe berries. It behaves nothing like black. Standard watercolour sets rarely include it.
THE PACKAGING
The set comes in a compact cardboard box with a plastic blister insert that holds each pan securely in its own slot. Pans don't touch each other, which means no colour contamination when you open the lid and reach for a shade. The cardboard case closes firmly and keeps paints neat between sessions - it's a practical format that takes up minimal space on a desk or in a bag.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Pan type: Full pans - 2.5 ml each
- Number of colours: 24
- Packaging: Cardboard box with plastic blister insert
- Pigment type: Transparent and semi-transparent, mostly single-pigment
- Binder: Organic gum arabic
- Pigments: Finely ground organic and inorganic
- Lightfastness: High
- Brand: ROSA Gallery - professional fine art line, Ukraine, founded 1996
ABOUT ROSA GALLERY
ROSA is a Ukrainian fine art brand established in 1996, exported to over 15 countries and stocked by major UK retailers including Jackson's Art. ROSA Gallery is their professional line - every colour developed in direct collaboration with practising artists, tested for transparency, lightfastness, and mixing behaviour. Bought in the UK, every ROSA Gallery set supports a Ukrainian manufacturer that continued producing and shipping art materials throughout the most difficult circumstances.
PERFECT FOR
The botanical illustrator who wants a curated, specialist palette without the cost of a large metal tin set. The artist taking a botanical illustration course who needs professional-grade paints from day one. The watercolourist who already has a general set and wants a dedicated botanical palette to complement it. And a genuinely considered gift for anyone who paints flowers, plants, or nature studies.
SHIPPING & CARE
- Ships from the UK - fast and tracked
- Compact packaging travels safely
- Store in the original box or transfer pans to a metal case (sold separately)
- Individual pans are replaceable - see the ROSA Gallery open stock range
Save this listing, or share it with the botanical painter in your life.
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