A black hinged case whose white lid folds back into broad mixing panels, holding rows of unusually large round tablets with a red-handled brush laid in the channel between them and a white tube standing at one end. The carton reads Fine Artist Materials above the ST mark, then Artist's Watercolour Tablets Set, and lists the contents beneath: the tablets, and one tube of watercolour at 12ml, 0.4us fl.oz. Non-toxic, CE and ASTM D-4236 marks are printed at the foot.

Tablet is the right word for these rather than pan. They are wide flat discs, considerably broader than the square pans in most sets on this shelf, and the size is the point — a large brush can be charged in a single sweep across the face instead of being scrubbed into a narrow well. If you are laying washes rather than colouring in outlines, that difference is felt on every stroke.

The tube is the other thing that sets it apart. Almost every pan set on our shelf gives you dry colour only; this one adds 12 ml of watercolour in a tube, which is what you reach for when a wash needs to be mixed to strength on the palette before it touches the paper.

Two sizes are stocked. Twelve tablets is Rs. 1,950 and twenty-four is Rs. 3,750, which comes to Rs. 162.50 and Rs. 156.25 a tablet — near enough the same rate either way, so the choice is simply how wide a palette you want rather than a question of value.

The lid is worth a mention because it is not the usual afterthought. It folds back into broad flat panels rather than small dimpled wells, which suits the way these tablets are meant to be used: big loads of colour mixed in quantity, not four careful puddles.

We list this range from 8 years up. Prices are Rs. 1,950 for twelve tablets and Rs. 3,750 for twenty-four, with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. The photographs on this page show the twelve-tablet case beside the twenty-four carton. Tell us which size you want on WhatsApp and we will confirm stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch.

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