DANIEL SMITH is the Innovative Manufacturer of Beautiful Watercolors for Artists Worldwide, and makes the largest range of watercolors of any manufacturer, more than 240 colors. The 240+ color collection includes the exciting PrimaTek watercolors made from minerals (like Amethyst) plus other unique colors (like Moonglow) not available elsewhere, and Luminescent Watercolors which allow artists to capture the luminescent colors that exist in nature that regular watercolors cannot capture!
in nature that regular watercolors cannot capture!
The DANIEL SMITH Essentials Watercolor Set has six, 5ml watercolor tubes that are just the right size to get started painting with DANIEL SMITH Watercolors for both the beginner and professional artist. The set gives artists an easy way to experience the excitement of painting with DANIEL SMITH Watercolors, is conveniently sized to take along for plein air painting, and makes great gift!
The Essentials Set has three cool primary colors: Hansa Yellow Light, Quinacridone Rose, and Phthalo Blue (GS), and three warm primary colors: New Gamboge, Pyrrol Scarlet, and French Ultramarine.
With the 6 colors in the set, you can mix a huge range of other colors including the secondary oranges, greens and violets. When mixing these 6 essential colors in different combinations, you can paint landscapes, still lifes, portraits…whatever you choose!
Mixing colors is one of the foundations of painting, and DANIEL SMITH has made painting easy by selecting for you, these 6 colors. Get started painting with the DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Essentials Set!
Daniel Smith is the Innovative Manufacturer of Beautiful Watercolors for Artists Worldwide, and makes the largest range of watercolors of any manufacturer, more than 240 colors.
Carefully formulated – For each color, Daniel Smith balances maximum pigment load with minimum vehicle content for the best possible color strength and lightfastness
Choice ingredients- Daniel Smith buys pure pigments from sources around the globe
Buttery consistency and excellent brushing properties
Exceptionally strong pigmentation
These professional quality oil paints feature superb color strength, reliable lightfastness and a uniform buttery consistency. The pure pigments are procured from sources around the world. The high-grade alkali-refined linseed oil used to create the paint is selected for its uniformity, light color, low-acid value, low-yellowing and good adhesion properties. Each batch is made by hand, with the utmost integrity and attention to detail.
ASTM light fastness rating excellent
Iridescent paint is opaque and reflective
Artist quality
Uniform drying time and surface appearance
Iridescent Gold is a rich, bright, gold with an all-over gleam that adds a patina of iridescent shine. Use either alone or mix with regular oils to add a special gleam or effect to a color that you can’t achieve with regular oils.
Lightfastness: I(NR) – Excellent Not Rated by ASTM
Transparency: Semi-Transparent
ASTM light fastness rating excellent
Semi-Transparent
Artist quality
Uniform drying time and surface appearance
When you buy professional quality Daniel Smith Original Oil Colors, you get exceptionally strong pigmentation, uniform buttery consistency and excellent value. Innovators in pigment selection and formulation, Daniel Smith still makes and packages each batch by hand with the utmost integrity and attention to detail.
Potter’s Pink – Potter’s Pink is a deep pinkish brown in mass tone with good tinting strength. When Potter’s Pink mixed with white it becomes a delicate, neutral rose pink.
