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I used the student-grate

I used the student-grate Cotman paints for a long time before switching to Holbein watercolors and the difference is huge. You have to fuss at Cotmans quite a bit to work up a pigment concentration in your paint that you can do anything with, and I really don't recommend to anyone who wants to fool around with watercolor that they spend any time (or money) on student-grade paints. If you want to save money, just pick out three primaries (or a warm and cool of each primary) from a brand that does decent artist-grade pigments, like Holbein, Winsor and Newton, or Da Vinci.