DANIEL SMITH, is the Innovative Manufacturer of Beautiful Watercolors for Artists Worldwide, now offers a smaller, 5ml tube in 88 of their most popular colors, including some of their PrimaTek watercolors. DANIEL SMITH makes the largest range of watercolors of any manufacturer, more than 240 colors are available in the original 15ml tubes. 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!
A smooth gray-mauve in light washes, Shadow Violet displays a fascinating granulation when used more thickly. Deep warm violet in mass tone, it reveals a slight orange glow in thin applications. Its transparency makes it a great choice for glazing and it’s ideal, of course, for conveying the subtleties of shadows.
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!
Alizarin Crimson is the oldest synthetic deep red-crimson pigment. It is a lake pigment which when applied in strength and kept from the direct sunlight will last for many decades. Alizarin is a treat to paint with, just the sheer joy of the depth and uniqueness of color is invigorating. A beautiful bluish-red pigment from the staining family, Alizarin Crimson is listed on the basic palette of a vast majority of artists. Intense and dark in value, Alizarin Crimson mixes cleanly with most pigments to create dark mixtures and warm neutrals. A combination of Aureolin (Cobalt Yellow) and French Ultramarine with Alizarin renders a surprising range of other colors resembling everything from Burnt Sienna and Umber to Payne’s Gray, while Alizarin Crimson with French Ultramarine creates an intense purple.
Fugitive Lightfastness, Transparent, Non-granulating, Medium staining
DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors – classic watercolors of unsurpassed purity and permanence. The vision in the formulation of DANIEL SMITH watercolors was twofold;
First and foremost, to produce watercolors that are the best in lightfastness and permanence.
Second, to offer a selection of truly unique colors.
DANIEL SMITH Watercolors are formulated to meet and exceed the highest industry standards for the manufacture of artist’s paints, and every batch made is tested and analyzed for its performance qualities.
DANIEL SMITH is truly the worldwide leader of watercolors for artists with 240+ beautiful colors in the 15ml watercolors, the most of any manufacturer. Many are traditional colors relied upon by all artists, and there are many “truly unique” colors made only by DANIEL SMITH that have become so important to watercolor artists.
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
This organic pigment, with high-staining properties, yields a very clean, vibrant mixture. The Phthalo Green Blue Shade and Hansa Yellow Light used in this formulation gives it excellent lightfastness. Juxtapose Permanent Green Light with Quinacridone Violet for intense visual complements, or mix for an interesting neutral gray.
Very Good Lightfastness, Semi-transparent, Non-granulating, Low staining
This rich dark brown earth pigment is popular with artists due to its semi- or semi-opaque qualities. It is lightfast, low-staining, and can readily be lifted to vary its value in otherwise dark passages. Warm Burnt Umber with a little Alizarin Crimson or cool it with blue as your subject dictates.
DANIEL SMITH, is the Innovative Manufacturer of Beautiful Watercolors for Artists Worldwide, now offers a smaller, 5ml tube in 88 of their most popular colors, including some of their PrimaTek watercolors.
DANIEL SMITH makes the largest range of watercolors of any manufacturer, more than 240 colors are available in the original 15ml tubes. 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!
DANIEL SMITH Acrylic Gesso, Titanium White is recommended as a painting ground for oils alkyds and acrylics. Because the base is an acrylic emulsion, it cleans up easily with water and soap, becoming permanent once dried. After applying the gesso, the brush should be cleaned up immediately after use. The gesso can be thinned with up to 10% with clean water.
All of our gessos are archival, have an excellent lightfast rating, and are made with a high-grade acrylic emulsion that provides optimal flexibility and durability. They’re recommended as a painting ground for acrylics, oils and alkyds, plus it cleans up easily with soap and water.
Daniel Smith Iridescent Gold Gesso
Its lustrous, metallic sheen comes from mica and iron oxides. Hints of radiant gold peek through your brushstrokes for a vibrant, luminous glow.
DANIEL SMITH Titanium White Acrylic Gesso does not contain the oil acids of traditional oil grounds, which tend to deteriorate cotton or linen canvas fibers, meaning that an under sizing, such as rabbit skin glue, was needed with oil gesso. No under sizing is necessary with our Titanium White Acrylic Gesso and none should be used.
DANIEL SMITH Acrylic Gesso, Titanium White is recommended as a painting ground for oils alkyds and acrylics. Because the base is an acrylic emulsion, it cleans up easily with water and soap, becoming permanent once dried. After applying the gesso, the brush should be cleaned up immediately after use. The gesso can be thinned with up to 10% with clean water.
Color, durability and lightfastness are the distinguishing features of Daniel Smith’s original oil paints. The paints are tested by placing the sample in a xenon meter for 10 days, corresponding to 100 years of sunlight.
Daniel Smith’s oil paints range includes historical colours, luminescence, and modern quinacridones. Most of the paints are made from individual pigments.
Luminescent colours are shown on a white and black background.
All colors offer uniform drying times, buttery consistency, excellent brushing, and a beautiful surface appearance. Made in our Seattle manufacturing facility from the highest quality raw materials, they have the most finely ground pigments in any color line.
The DANIEL SMITH Original Oils and Water Soluble Oils undergo the same manufacturing process and are made with the exact same high quality pigments, the only difference is the specially modified linseed and safflower oils to make the Water Soluble Oils. Both the Original and Water Soluble Oils can be mixed together when painting, though the water solubility is lost and traditional mediums and solvents would need to be used.
Made in the USA in Seattle, WA – Each batch of color is made, start to finish, by the DANIEL SMITH manufacturing crew and tested by the full time chemist throughout the manufacturing process to ensure the highest quality for every tube of Oil Paint used by artists.
DANIEL SMITH Oil Paints
When you buy DANIEL SMITH professional quality Original Oils and Water Soluble Oils, you get exceptionally strong pigmentation, uniform buttery consistency and excellent value. For nearly 30 years, DANIEL SMITH has been an innovator in pigment selection and formulation, and still makes and packages each batch by hand, with the utmost integrity and attention to detail.
Innovation
DANIEL SMITH Original Oils introduced in 1989 and Water Soluble Oils in 2012, showed the results of years of development. The intent was to offer a game-changing paint with remarkable color strength, reliable lightfastness and consistent texture. DANIEL SMITH starts with the finest pigments, both traditional and cutting edge – they were the first to offer many of the brilliant, modern synthetic pigments, like the quinacridones for the the artists’ market.
