The Beginner's Painting Kit
The Beginner's Painting Kit
Everything in your kit: 15 Cambridge brushes, every shape, in a zip case; 10 Zieler acrylic paints, big 38ml tubes of colour; A4 acrylic and oil pad, 15 sheets, ready to paint; Your First Painting Guide, mark by mark, start to finish. Plus two free gifts, worth £27.97.
What you’ll paint: Your guide takes you mark by mark to this sunset over the sea, even if you’ve never painted. Shown with the guide. Only in this kit, you can’t buy it on its own.
Two free gifts with your kit, worth £27.97 together, added to your basket for you: a canvas roll bag that keeps your brushes safe, worth £9.98, and 5 Finesse detail brushes for the finest details, worth £17.99.
4.8 out of 5 from over 2,400 reviews on Judge.me. “Great set of brushes for a novice with acrylics.” Andrew Stevens, on the Cambridge brushes in this kit. “Used these brushes for the first time at the weekend, found them great to use and very precise.” Sally Yates, on the Cambridge brushes in this kit. With a painting by Helen Cleary, a customer, made with the Cambridge.
The Beginner's Painting Kit
The Beginner's Painting Kit
The Beginner's Painting Kit
The Beginner's Painting Kit
The Beginner's Painting Kit
A family business. James, founder, with his mum and dad, Jane and John. They are both painters, have used our brushes since he started in 2019, and have sold their paintings at the Arundel Festival year after year.
60-day money-back guarantee. Not right for you? Send it back within 60 days and we’ll refund you in full. Free returns, we send you the postage label. Free UK delivery when you spend £50, dispatched within 24 hours on working days.
4.8 from 2,422 reviewsJudge.me

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The Beginner's Painting Kit

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Find your fit

Is this the kit for you?

For a first painting

You want to start this week, not build a shopping list.

Why this kit fits

Brushes, paints, paper and a printed step-by-step guide are all in the box, chosen to work together, so the first painting actually happens.

For giving as a present

You want to give something that gets used, not something that sits in a drawer.

Why this kit fits

It arrives as one complete box with the guide inside, so they can start the day it lands. Sixty days to send it back if it is not right.

For coming back to painting

You painted years ago and want to pick it up again without hunting for supplies.

Why this kit fits

One box replaces the drawer of dried-up tubes, with nothing missing and nothing to work out.

Swipe for the other painters

Everything in your kit: 15 Cambridge brushes, every shape, in a zip case; 10 Zieler acrylic paints, big 38ml tubes of colour; A4 acrylic and oil pad, 15 sheets, ready to paint; Your First Painting Guide, mark by mark, start to finish. Plus two free gifts, worth £27.97.
What you’ll paint: Your guide takes you mark by mark to this sunset over the sea, even if you’ve never painted. Shown with the guide. Only in this kit, you can’t buy it on its own.
Two free gifts with your kit, worth £27.97 together, added to your basket for you: a canvas roll bag that keeps your brushes safe, worth £9.98, and 5 Finesse detail brushes for the finest details, worth £17.99.
4.8 out of 5 from over 2,400 reviews on Judge.me. “Great set of brushes for a novice with acrylics.” Andrew Stevens, on the Cambridge brushes in this kit. “Used these brushes for the first time at the weekend, found them great to use and very precise.” Sally Yates, on the Cambridge brushes in this kit. With a painting by Helen Cleary, a customer, made with the Cambridge.
60-day money-back guarantee. Not right for you? Send it back within 60 days and we’ll refund you in full. Free returns, we send you the postage label. Free UK delivery when you spend £50, dispatched within 24 hours on working days.
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Everything you need to finish your first real painting, even if you've never picked up a brush in your life.

Brushes, paint, paper, a step-by-step beginner's guide, plus a free Finesse detail brush set and a free canvas roll bag.

⭐ Rated 4.8/5 from 2,387 reviews · A family business since 2019, based in West Sussex

Shop with confidence - 60-Day Guarantee + Free Returns

The reason most people never start painting isn't talent. It's the blank-canvas moment. Which brush? Which colour? Where does the first mark even go? So the paints stay in the box, and the idea quietly dies. It was never that you couldn't do it. Nobody ever showed you the first step.

Why acrylic? Because it's the most forgiving paint there is, and we chose it so you don't have to research anything. Mistakes paint straight over instead of ruining the piece. It dries in minutes, so there's no waiting and no mess to manage. It's the paint we'd hand a nervous first-timer every single time.

This kit is built to get you past that first moment. The brushes, paint and paper are matched and ready to go straight out of the box, so nothing fights you. Then the step-by-step guide puts your hand on the brush and walks you all the way to a finished painting, one mark at a time. Your first piece isn't meant to be perfect. It's meant to be finished, and something you're quietly proud of. It will be.

What you'll be able to do in your first few days:

  • Hold and load a brush with confidence, even if today is the first time
  • Mix the colours you need from a simple starter palette, instead of buying dozens you'll never use
  • Follow the guide to complete a full painting, start to finish, the week it arrives
  • Clean and store your brushes properly so your first set lasts years, not weeks

What's inside

  • The Cambridge 15-Piece Brush Set with protective case: a full range of brush shapes for every part of a painting, in a case that keeps them safe
  • Zieler 10 Premium Acrylic Paint Set (38ml tubes): rich, opaque colour that covers in one layer, ready to use
  • Zieler A4 Acrylic & Oil Pad: textured, ready-to-paint paper, no priming or prep needed
  • FREE GIFT: The Finesse 5-Piece Detail Brush Set: for fine detail and finishing touches once you're ready
  • FREE GIFT: Canvas Roll Bag: a sturdy roll-up bag to carry and protect your brushes wherever you paint
  • Your Beginner's First Painting Guide: brush handling, colour mixing, and a complete first painting walked through mark by mark, plus brush care and troubleshooting. Not sold separately

You can't get the Beginner's First Painting Guide anywhere else. It's the part that tells you exactly what to do next, brush in hand, instead of staring at a blank page.

Start this weekend, or your money back

Dispatched fast, with free delivery. Paint something you're proud of within 60 days, and if you're not delighted, send it back for a full refund, with return postage on us.

Whether it's the very first time you've held a brush or you're finally starting after years of meaning to, this is everything you need, matched and ready, in one box, with nothing left to figure out.

60-day guarantee & free returns

You have 60 days after receiving your order to request a return, and returns postage is free: we send you a prepaid label, so sending something back costs you nothing.

Delivery

Free UK delivery on orders of £50 or more.

UK standard £3.95, 2 to 4 working days. UK priority £7.95, 1 to 2 working days. EU £7.95, 5 to 10 working days. Rest of world £10.95, 8 to 12 working days.

Care & longevity

Rinse brushes in lukewarm water straight after painting, reshape the point with your fingers, and dry them flat or bristles-up. Treated this way, a good brush lasts years, not weeks.

The boutique behind it

We are a small family boutique, not a warehouse. Everything we sell is something we would happily paint with ourselves. If it does not meet that bar, it does not go in the box. Questions? Ask us, we paint too.

Recommended with this kit

Goes well with this kit

Two small extras painters add to it.

Set of 5 Artist Palette KnivesFive steel knives for mixing colour and laying paint on thick.
Artway Large Rectangular Paint PaletteTwenty wells, so your colours stay where you put them.

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What painters say

4.8

from 2422 reviews across our shop

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4.9 Average rating
2,422 Reviews across our store · 4.8 average

This kit is made up of sets we have sold for years. Each set is reviewed on its own page, and every one of those reviews is shown here, named.

    Painted by our customers

    Every season our customers send us their paintings, and we hang them in our online gallery.

    Chris French, Tally Ho!
    Rachel Maclean, Lake Garda
    Helen Cleary
    Liz Peck, Twilight Harbour
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    Complete your kit

    Useful extras for the box

    Premium Dry Brush Set of 3 Goes straight in the box · £14.99

    Why people buy from us

    • Money-back guarantee

      Not right for you? Send it back and we refund you in full.

    • James, who runs the shop, with his mum and dad, Jane and John

      A family business

      Run by people who paint. Questions get a real answer.

    • Close-up of sable brush tips

      Chosen and tested

      We only sell what we would happily paint with ourselves.

    • Sent out fast

      Within a working day. Free UK delivery when you spend £50.

    Everything people ask before they buy

    The details



    Everything you need to finish your first real painting, even if you've never picked up a brush in your life.

    Brushes, paint, paper, a step-by-step beginner's guide, plus a free Finesse detail brush set and a free canvas roll bag.

    ⭐ Rated 4.8/5 from 2,387 reviews · A family business since 2019, based in West Sussex

    Shop with confidence - 60-Day Guarantee + Free Returns

    The reason most people never start painting isn't talent. It's the blank-canvas moment. Which brush? Which colour? Where does the first mark even go? So the paints stay in the box, and the idea quietly dies. It was never that you couldn't do it. Nobody ever showed you the first step.

    Why acrylic? Because it's the most forgiving paint there is, and we chose it so you don't have to research anything. Mistakes paint straight over instead of ruining the piece. It dries in minutes, so there's no waiting and no mess to manage. It's the paint we'd hand a nervous first-timer every single time.

    This kit is built to get you past that first moment. The brushes, paint and paper are matched and ready to go straight out of the box, so nothing fights you. Then the step-by-step guide puts your hand on the brush and walks you all the way to a finished painting, one mark at a time. Your first piece isn't meant to be perfect. It's meant to be finished, and something you're quietly proud of. It will be.

    What you'll be able to do in your first few days:

    • Hold and load a brush with confidence, even if today is the first time
    • Mix the colours you need from a simple starter palette, instead of buying dozens you'll never use
    • Follow the guide to complete a full painting, start to finish, the week it arrives
    • Clean and store your brushes properly so your first set lasts years, not weeks

    What's inside

    • The Cambridge 15-Piece Brush Set with protective case: a full range of brush shapes for every part of a painting, in a case that keeps them safe
    • Zieler 10 Premium Acrylic Paint Set (38ml tubes): rich, opaque colour that covers in one layer, ready to use
    • Zieler A4 Acrylic & Oil Pad: textured, ready-to-paint paper, no priming or prep needed
    • FREE GIFT: The Finesse 5-Piece Detail Brush Set: for fine detail and finishing touches once you're ready
    • FREE GIFT: Canvas Roll Bag: a sturdy roll-up bag to carry and protect your brushes wherever you paint
    • Your Beginner's First Painting Guide: brush handling, colour mixing, and a complete first painting walked through mark by mark, plus brush care and troubleshooting. Not sold separately

    You can't get the Beginner's First Painting Guide anywhere else. It's the part that tells you exactly what to do next, brush in hand, instead of staring at a blank page.

    Start this weekend, or your money back

    Dispatched fast, with free delivery. Paint something you're proud of within 60 days, and if you're not delighted, send it back for a full refund, with return postage on us.

    Whether it's the very first time you've held a brush or you're finally starting after years of meaning to, this is everything you need, matched and ready, in one box, with nothing left to figure out.

    Is this right for a complete beginner?

    Yes. Most of the painters in our gallery started from nothing, and every kit ships with a printed step-by-step guide written for exactly what is in the box. If a product suits one level more than another, its page says so plainly.

    How do the free gifts work?

    Spend £50 for free UK delivery and the free Canvas Roll Bag, and £60 for the free Finesse Set of 5. Everything is added to your basket automatically, there is no code to enter.

    How fast is delivery?

    Orders are dispatched within 24 hours. UK standard arrives in 2 to 4 working days (£3.95, free over £50), priority in 1 to 2 (£7.95). We ship to the EU and worldwide too.

    What if I do not get on with it?

    You have 60 days to change your mind, and we send a prepaid return label, so sending it back costs you nothing. No quibbles, no restocking fees.

    Which mediums do the brushes suit?

    Each product page says which mediums it suits, watercolour, acrylic or oil. Sable carries water beautifully; our firmer synthetics stand up to acrylic and oil. If you are unsure, email us what you paint and we will point you right.

    Is it gift-ready?

    Our sets arrive in boxes worth keeping, no wrapping needed. If you would rather they choose, a gift voucher lets them pick their own.

    Why people buy from us

    60-day guarantee

    Paint with it for two months. If it is not right, send it back and we refund you in full.

    A family-run UK boutique

    A small business run by people who paint, not a warehouse. Questions get a real answer.

    UK delivery

    Dispatched within 24 hours on working days. Free on orders of £50 or more.

    Chosen and tested

    Everything we sell is something we would happily paint with ourselves. If it does not meet that bar, it does not go in the box.

    Painted by customers

    Our gallery hangs real work from real customers, made with the same brushes and kits on this site.

    Brushes beyond the basics* Every point inspected before it ships* Brushes that keep their shape* 60-day returns, postage paid Free gifts as your order grows Questions answered by people who paint
    The Artist’s
    Brush Boutique
    High-street multipacks
    Rarely Sometimes 14 to 28 days, you pay

    *Compared with the brush multipacks sold on the high street and on marketplaces

    Our promise

    If it does not make you want to paint more, send it back.

    Sixty days, free returns, prepaid label included. The risk stays with us, not with you.

    James, John & Jane

    Buying for someone else?

    It arrives ready to give

    Every set ships in a box worth keeping, no wrapping needed. Spend £50 for free UK delivery and the free Canvas Roll Bag, and £60 for the free Finesse Set of 5. All packed alongside your gift.

    Questions, answered

    Everything people ask before they buy

    Is this right for a complete beginner?

    Yes. Most of the painters in our gallery started from nothing, and every kit ships with a printed step-by-step guide written for exactly what is in the box. If a product suits one level more than another, its page says so plainly.

    How do the free gifts work?

    Spend £50 for free UK delivery and the free Canvas Roll Bag, and £60 for the free Finesse Set of 5. Everything is added to your basket automatically, there is no code to enter.

    How fast is delivery?

    Orders are dispatched within 24 hours. UK standard arrives in 2 to 4 working days (£3.95, free over £50), priority in 1 to 2 (£7.95). We ship to the EU and worldwide too.

    What if I do not get on with it?

    You have 60 days to change your mind, and we send a prepaid return label, so sending it back costs you nothing. No quibbles, no restocking fees.

    Which mediums do the brushes suit?

    Each product page says which mediums it suits, watercolour, acrylic or oil. Sable carries water beautifully; our firmer synthetics stand up to acrylic and oil. If you are unsure, email us what you paint and we will point you right.

    Is it gift-ready?

    Our sets arrive in boxes worth keeping, no wrapping needed. If you would rather they choose, a gift voucher lets them pick their own.