DANIEL SMITH offers high-quality watercolors, many with properties you won't find elsewehere. These include our Quinacridones, Luminescents and PrimaTek color lines. ...

Our Limited Edition Triads offer incredible value and a chance to experiment with gorgeous color mixes. Each set is a perfect project all on its own - or use them as a limited palette for card making or plein air ...

When Iridescent Gold is mixed with Permanent Red Deep the result is a shimmering coral shade. Two transformations are at play in this mixture—the red is warmed by the gold creating red-orange and, at the same ...

Luminescent pigments tend to travel in wet washes on the paper. Some of the most intriguing mixtures result when mixing iridescents with granulating pigments. ...

Mixing with Duochrome pigments is equally challenging and rewarding. These mysterious pigments shift hue as you view them from different angles. For example, Duochrome Oceanic is a vibrant blue-green from one angle ...

Normally painters use the white of their paper in a wash to lighten colors. By mixing a standard pigment with an interference color you’ll lighten your color, add brightness and add an additional reflective ...

With this subject, Kay Barnes constructs a wonderful fall scene filled with color and contrasting values. The reference photo is only a springboard for the rhythms, colors, and textures I wish to impart to the ...

In this online article by Jan Hart she speak of the following:  In the painting I call “Toucan Fly,” I began as usual by thinking about and planning what I wanted to describe about the toucan and ...

The NEW DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor Project Book includes 21 unique projects! It has a step-by-step DVD with demonstrations for each project. There are also optional Color Dot Cards that have 54 try-it size ...

Hilary Page shows how to use DANIEL SMITH Interference Watercolors to best effect. Interference watercolors are intriguing additions to our palettes. They add luster to a glossy surface, ...

Granulation of a watercolor paint occurs only with specific pigments. With only a few exceptions, these paints contain one or more inorganic pigments containing metal. The granulation effect increases with the ...

DANIEL SMITH released Lapis Lazuli Genuine watercolor in 1998 and artists were introduced to PrimaTek® pigments. Since then, this line of natural mineral paint has grown to 38 colors and has become ...

If you’ve been waiting to try watercolor, there’s never been a better time. Our Art Enthusiast Watercolor Set has it all - includes the Daniel Smith Project Book with DVD, photos and instruction ...

Watercolorist Tom Hoffman teaches us what elements to focus on in a painting and which ones to leave out. Painting successfully from life or from photos is largely a process of deciding w ...

Will Jackson explains how Judi Betts, AWS starts planning a painting before she picks up her brush Judi Betts arrived for her sold-out workshop at the Seattle Daniel Smit ...

This collage demonstration, “Wired”, mixes wood, decorative paper, old maps, pins and string, creating an unusual collection of materials held together by a watercolor painting. Let your ...

Make your own personalized wine bottle labels with DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground and DANIEL SMITH Watercolors! A great gift idea to mark a wedding, anniversary, birthday or any special occasion! ...

Tinting your Watercolor Ground with Aureolin gives a lovely sunlight glow to your surface when painting sunny landscapes. ...

With our DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground you can make your own Decorative Metal Boxes to keep or give as gifts for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Birthdays, Halloween, Christmas or whatever occasion you like! ...

Now you can paint on almost surface including cardboard! Make your own Decorative Watercolor Boxes to keep or give as gifts for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Birthdays, Halloween, Christmas or whatever occasion you ...