Bring your favorite Schmincke Academic watercolors anywhere with these carefully hand-filled travel watercolor pans. Each pan is manually filled from original Schmincke Academic watercolor tubes and naturally dried in small batches.
Perfect for:
Urban sketching
Travel painting
Plein air landscapes
Illustration practice
Watercolor classes
Portable art kits
Available in:
24 Colors – 0.8ml Mini Pans
24 Colors – 1.8ml Half Pans
About the Paint Filling Process
Each watercolor pan is:
Hand squeezed directly from original watercolor tubes
Filled in multiple layers
Slowly air dried and heat dried
Carefully packed by hand
❗Because watercolor paint shrinks during drying, the final dried volume will be slightly smaller than the original wet paint volume.
Mini Pans – Approx. 0.8ml Dried Paint
Filled with 1ml or more fresh watercolor paint before drying
Final dried capacity: approx. 0.8ml
Great for short-term painting, workshops, travel sketching, and beginners
Estimated usage:
Around 50 pages of 16K illustration-style painting
Around 20 fully painted landscape artworks
Half Pans – Approx. 1.8ml Dried Paint
Filled with 2ml or more fresh watercolor paint before drying
Final dried capacity: approx. 1.8ml
Ideal for long-term painting hobbyists and frequent watercolor users
Estimated usage:
Around 100 pages of 16K illustration-style painting
Around 40 fully painted landscape artworks
Important Handmade Characteristics
❗❗❗Please note:
Due to the handmade drying process, some pans may naturally develop:
Small air bubbles
Surface cracks
Slight uneven textures
These are normal characteristics of hand-poured watercolor paint and do not affect paint quality or performance.
Why Artists Love Handmade Watercolor Pans
Portable and lightweight
Easy to build custom palettes
Perfect for plein air painting
Convenient for watercolor sampling
Great for trying multiple colors before purchasing full tubes
Refillable and reusable watercolor pans
Package Includes
24 or 36 handmade Schmincke Akademie watercolor colors
