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

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  Learn More

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  Learn More

When Iridescent Gold is mixed with Permanent Red 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  Learn More

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  Learn More

Normally painters use white to lighten colors, but by mixing a standard pigment with an interference color you’ll lighten your color, add brightness and add an additional reflective hue. For example, mixing  Learn More

Step-by-Step Tutorial. Cynthia Mosser’s use of mixed media emphasizes color and movement through the building of many overlapping organic shapes. She creates visual interest through the use of a whole host of  Learn More

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  Learn More

When Iridescent Gold is mixed with Alizarin Crimson 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  Learn More

Watercolor was the first type of paint to be used in the airbrush, and why not? Watercolor has all the necessary attributes—thinning with water to an appropriate consistency is easy; the tip of the airbrush isn’t  Learn More

When painting most fur patterns, you want to start with an opaque background of a medium value color. This medium value color should be in accordance with the overall coloring of your subject. Once applied, you  Learn More

What creates the illusion of dimension for objects in a painting? What gives reality to shapes and items in an airbrush painting? The answer to both questions is shading, the cast shadow or the implied shadow.  Learn More

Working bigger, bolder, faster with Wax-based Colored Pencils - A Demonstration by Vera Curnow Control is the operative word for colored pencils. Clean, cheap, and portable, there are no  Learn More

Molly Hashimoto creates a Garden Journal using Watercolors with Masking Fluid and Italic Calligraphy When I create studies in my journal of my favorite flowers and plants, I look to artis  Learn More

Letters can be used to adorn all kinds of objects or as an intriguing element incorporated into artwork. We used a lightbox to trace an elaborate K from a clip art book of ornamental alphabets onto a shee  Learn More

Benny Alba demonstrates Linoleum Block Printing Linoleum is an easily cut, inexpensive material where simple tools and a sense of adventure can bring good relief prints. Relief printing m  Learn More

A 3-color Registration Process Demonstrated by Patricia Sennott With our step-by-step instructions, you can easily create one-of-a-kind relief-printed holiday cards. Clear off the kitchen  Learn More

Tinting Block Prints with Watercolor by Molly Hashimoto Get Acquainted with Your Colors After working as a watercolor artist for years, I tried out the Safety-Kut  Learn More

Diana Randolph Demonstrates her Technique for Capturing an Expansive Sky with Pastels When in the car or walking my dog I often bring my camera with me to capture nature's surprises-a bea  Learn More

Diana Randolph uses Pastels to Capture the Magic of that Fleeting Hour Some call it the magical hour, when the sun sinks in the sky, casting long rays through our planet's thick atmospher  Learn More

Telling a Story with Pastels: An Artistic Dramatization by Carole Katchen People think that storytelling is only done with words, but you can also tell a story in a picture. To tel  Learn More

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  Learn More

Follow this project to make Watercolor Ornaments and Gift Tags. Using our template or a shape of your own, cut ornament shapes from cardboard and trace them onto 300lb cold press watercolor. We worked on 5 in wide  Learn More

Start by drawing the outline for your snow covered tree on your card. Off center it slightly for a better composition. When applying masking leave space between the branches for the darker greens of the tree. It  Learn More