Materials
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Pigments
This section includes information on individual brands and pigments as well as general information on types of pigments. See the section on Color to find out about arranging your palette or mixing pigments.
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General Discussion of Pigments, Paints, and Brands
- What's *Your* materials list? - an exceptionally good discussion of pigments and palette choices
- Reviews of paints
- Favorite Transparent Watercolors
- Color Systems and "Brand Harmony"
- Paints: properties, brands
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Brands
- Apologies to American Journey / DaVinci
- DaVinci/ American Journey Watercolors
- Daniel Smith watercolour paints...
- Daniel Smith Watercolors
- Graham W/C
- Grumbacher Finest v. Prismacolor watercolors
- Grumbacher Finest Update
- Grumbacher Finest Discontinued
- Grumbacher Finest Watercolors
- Anyone using Koi watercolors from Sakura?
- Koi Paint
- LUKAS Watercolors?
- Maimeri Blu Big Ol Sale at CJAS
- Rekindled romance with Maimeriblu
- Info on Maimeriblu watercolors
- Maimeri Color Website---Wow
- New Miameri watercolor gallery
- Pebeo watercolurs
- Cheap Joe's Renzetti Watercolors
- Schmincke watercolors
- Van Gogh paints
- Discontinued w/n colors
- New Winsor-Newton colors?
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Student vs. artist grade
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Tubes vs. pans
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Pigment naming and numbering
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Lightfastness
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Specific Pigments and Families of Pigments
(also see color mixing)- Do you use BLACK?
- A Matter of Black
- What's wrong with white?
- In the distance or direct full sun (using white)
- Using the "White of the paper" instead of using watercolor "white"...
- What do you do with white watercolor paint?
- Burnt Umber -- an observation
- Cobalt turquoise
- Need advice on the "best" blues?
- Only one blue?
- In search of maganese and cerulean
- Cobalt blue
- Winsor Newton French Ultramarine
- French Ultramarine
- Red
- If you could only use one red?
- Phthalo Red
- Perylene Maroon Questions
- Lightfast replacements for Alizarin Crimson--What's Yours?
- Do you use alizarin crimson?
- Quin. Rose vs. Quin. Coral
- *** A New Voice? (includes discussion of quinacridone rose)
- OPERA RETHINK
- Venetian Red
- Cadmium colors
- Cadmiums vs non cadmiums
- W/N Cadmiums
- If you could only use a single yellow?
- A question for "drollere" (yellow recommendations)
- Yellow pigments
- Reformulated Winsor Newton Quinacridone Gold
- Glazing yellow
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Paint Storage
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Brushes
Types and brands
- Hake brushes
- Natural vs synthetic brushes?
- Davinci Cosmotop Spin brushes and Aquabee Sketchbook 800
- CJAS Tsunami Brushes
- 2" wash brushes
- Ideal brushes
- Watercolor Brushes!!!
- Filberts
- Kolinsky Sable Watercolor Brushes
- In praise of flats
- Arches Pure Kolinsky Sable Brush
- Brush Comparisons
- Brushes
- Mop Brushes
- Kolinsky - not as good as I thought
- Who makes the CJAS Legend brushes?
- Kolinsky Brushes
- Watercolor Flats
- Isabey Watercolor Brushes
- Numerical brush sizes
Cleaning and repair
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Watercolor Paper
- Does paper thickness affect your painting
- 200 lb Paper
- Paper Preference
- 300# Paper
- Watercolor Papers: favorites and unusuals
- Aquaris II watercolor paper
- Digital watercolor texture paper
- Watercolor Paper Comparisons
- Masa Paper
- Watercolor Paper...Why not more 200# or 260#
- Arches paper
- Kilimanjaro paper
- Cheap papers
- Strange papers
- Sizing papers
- Sizing papers
- Arches W/C Blocks
- Felt side/Wire side on Arches 140#
- ARG!! un-even sizing...I think.
- Arches "Bright White" = Emperor's New Clothes
- Artistico Extra White 300lb Soft Press
Deckling, Tearing, and Cutting
Felt/wire side
Stretching
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Sketchbooks
- Watercolor Sketchbooks
- Davinci Cosmotop Spin brushes and Aquabee Sketchbook 800
- Watercolor sketchbook
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Alternative surfaces
Types and Brands
Palettes - Preferred palettes (e.g. John Pike, possum palettes, etc.)
Mediums and Gesso
Masking Fluid and Film, Wax Resists
Hair Dryers
Related Media
Travel Equipment and Tips
- Going on a Trip
- WC Travel (field) Box
- FYI--Ultra Light Plein Air PackSeat
- Watercolor sketchbook in Italy (recommended color selection for travel)