Literally fits in my pocket. The paints are, of course, high quality. The brush is really cute, but not very versatile or sturdy, so I use my own brushes. I know the paint trays are loose, and it it annoying, but I solved that by buying some glue dots from the craft store and placing them on the bottom of each tray. That's enough to keep them in place. As for the lack of that black, I never use black watercolour anyways; I recommend a black brush pen.