Category: Product Reviews
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The Floral – Cottage Gardens to Botanicals Set by Daniel Smith includes a travel case with 6 colors plus nine empty half pans. Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue (PY 53, PY 151, PY 83) is a low staining, semi-opaque mid-toned yellow color. Quinacridone Gold (PO 48, PY 150) is a transparent, low-staining golden yellow hue with granulating…
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The Blues – Serene to Dramatic Set by Daniel Smith includes a travel case with 6 colors selected by artist Julie Ann Karlsson plus nine empty half pans. Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Genuine (PrimaTek) is a semi-transparent, granulating turquoise blue color. Cerulean Blue (PB 35) is a semi-transparent true blue shade with granulating properties. Lunar Blue (PBk 11,…
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The Earth – Desert to Mountains Set by Daniel Smith includes a travel case with 6 colors selected by artist Brenda Swenson plus nine empty half pans. Buff Titanium (PW 6:1) is a semi-transparent, granulating light beige or ecru shade. Raw Sienna Light (PY 42) is a semi-transparent golden yellow hue. Bronzite Genuine (PrimaTek) is a…
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The Sketcher Set by Daniel Smith includes a travel case with 6 colors selected by urban-sketcher artist Liz Steel plus nine empty half pans. Hansa Yellow Medium (PY 97) is a semi-transparent, low-staining, bright, neutral yellow color (neither warm nor cool) with a high tinting strength. Quinacridone Rose (PV 19) is an extremely transparent, vivid red-violet hue…
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Daniel Smith is well loved by many artists around the world, including myself, so when I first heard that they were releasing half pan sets, I knew I had to get them for myself. The question is… are they worth it?
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I’ve been wanting to try Sennelier L’Aquarelle French Artists’ Watercolors, so I picked up the Aqua-Mini Set of 8 Half Pans. This set contains the following colors: (574) Primary Yellow (PY 74) (675) French Vermillion (PR 242) (344) Cinerous Blue (PB 15:3, PW 4) (314) French Ultramarine Blue (PB 29, PV 15) (805) Phthalo Light…
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I really liked the Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Studio Set that I reviewed earlier, so I picked up the Sketchers’ Pocket Box to travel with. This watercolor set contains a pocket brush and 12 Cotman half pans: Lemon Yellow Hue Cadmium Yellow Hue Cadmium Red Pale Hue Alizarin Crimson Hue Ultramarine Intense Blue (Phthalo…
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The Colors of Inspiration Set by Daniel Smith includes a travel case with 6 colors plus nine empty half pans. Wisteria (PW 6, PR 122) is a semi-transparent light purple color with red undertones. Lavender (PW 6, PV 15, PB 29) is a semi-transparent, granulating periwinkle blue with low-staining properties. Rose of Ultramarine (PB 29, PV…
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Sometimes, I find it very intimidating to use expensive artist-quality paints when I’m just goofing around in my sketchbook, so I’ve been on the lookout for affordable student-grade watercolors that can satisfactorily mimic artist-grade watercolors. In this review, we’ll take a look at Winsor & Newton Cotman Studio Set. It comes with all 40 colors available…
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When I decided to get back to painting with watercolors several years ago, Yarka St. Petersburg Professional Watercolor Pan Expanded Set of 24 was the first watercolor pan set I bought, and I absolutely loved them. So when I heard that White Nights is similar to Yarka (same manufacturer), I naturally had to buy them.…
Jen de Leon 