Opus Essential Watercolours

RICH COLOUR, EXTRAORDINARY VALUE.

Now available in Mini and Compact tin sets!

Opus Essential Watercolours offer intense permanent pigments that have the highest tinting strength and pigment concentration available and are perfect for both painting in the studio and out on a plein air adventure.

Opus Essential Watercolours are formulated to meet professional quality standards and are made in small artisan batches in North America. All colours feature high concentrations of permanent and intense pigments. Lightfast and finely-milled, these allow you to paint with confidence, knowing you'll achieve the vibrancy and permanence with every stroke.

Mixed in a base of natural gum arabic, you can use them at full strength, thin with water, gum arabic, or other watercolour mediums and has strong rewetting properties.  We invite you to compare the performance of your preferred brand with Opus Essential Watercolours.

New - With the growing popularity of outdoor and urban painting, our customers have been requesting a portable and compact paint set that can allow one to paint where ever their inspiration takes them. Now available in 8 ml and 15 ml tubes, a set of 6 Mini tin and a set of 12 Compact tin. The paint used is the same in our Opus Essential Watercolours tubes, allowing for easy refills.

·    Lightfast colours
·    Finely milled pigments
·    Permanent, intense pigments
·    Matte to semi-gloss when dry