Cotman

Discover Winsor & Newton Cotman, a popular range of watercolour paints, sets, brushes and accessories designed to deliver reliable performance and excellent value.

Whether you're starting with watercolour, building your colour palette or looking for a compact painting set to take with you, the Cotman range offers plenty of choice for students, hobby artists and experienced watercolourists.

Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolours

Cotman Watercolours offer the quality and colour expertise associated with Winsor & Newton in an accessible watercolour range.

Available as individual colours and in a wide variety of curated sets, Cotman makes it easy to start painting or expand an existing watercolour palette.

Individual colours are ideal when you want to choose your own palette or replace frequently used shades, while Cotman watercolour sets provide a convenient selection of colours ready to paint with.

Cotman Watercolour Sets

Winsor & Newton offers an extensive selection of Cotman watercolour sets, from compact pocket palettes through to larger studio and travel collections.

Pocket and field sets are particularly useful for sketching, travel and painting outdoors, keeping a useful selection of colours together in a portable palette. Larger Cotman sets provide more colours and are a practical option for artists wanting to build a broader watercolour palette.

Depending on the set, Cotman watercolours are available in half pans or tubes, giving artists a choice between the convenience of solid watercolour pans and fresh colour squeezed directly from a tube.

Cotman Watercolour Brushes

Winsor & Newton Cotman brushes are synthetic watercolour brushes designed to combine good colour-carrying capacity with strength, spring and control.

The synthetic fibres use a blend of different thicknesses. Thicker fibres provide strength and spring, while finer fibres help the brush hold colour. This construction helps Cotman brushes maintain a good point while providing the responsiveness needed for watercolour painting.

The range includes a variety of shapes and sizes for different watercolour techniques, including round, rigger, one stroke, angled, filbert, fan, mop and wash brushes, as well as convenient Cotman brush sets.

Who Is the Cotman Range For?

Cotman is often chosen by students and beginners learning watercolour, but its usefulness isn't limited to new painters.

The combination of accessible pricing, a broad colour selection and practical sets also makes Cotman a useful choice for sketchbooks, travel palettes, colour studies, workshops and everyday painting.

More experienced artists may also use Cotman alongside other Winsor & Newton watercolours, particularly when they want an economical option for practice, larger studies or frequently used colours.

Choosing a Cotman Watercolour Set

If you're new to watercolour, a smaller Cotman pocket or half-pan set is an easy place to start. It gives you a practical selection of colours without requiring you to build a palette from individual paints.

For travel and urban sketching, look for compact sets designed to be carried easily. If you paint regularly or want a wider colour selection, a larger Cotman set or a palette built from individual colours gives you more flexibility.

You can then add individual colours and brushes as your painting style develops.

Shop Winsor & Newton Cotman in New Zealand

Explore the Winsor & Newton Cotman range in NZ at The Ribbon Rose, including Cotman watercolour paints, half pans, tubes, watercolour sets, pocket and travel sets, synthetic brushes and other Cotman products.

Whether you're buying your first watercolour set, replacing a favourite colour or adding new brushes to your kit, shop the Cotman collection together in one place.