This is by far the best way to judge what to buy. Your color wheels are wonderful and easy to use. I tend to think that you need to keep the paint moist by spraying, even during periods of inactivity. A teeny tiny bit will reconstitute into a nice rich puddle. I love it! I then watercolored a light wash across the top of the square, let it dry and then added a second wash to the right side. As you mentioned the cobalt blues are poor, I replaced them by LUKAS. You can also find me on Facebook at Jane Blundell Artist, and on Instagram as Janeblundellart. For which kind of artists these M. Graham paints ? Moonglow, that you mentioned, contains ultramarine, viridian and a crimson- anthraquinoid red. It provides a fatality that can't be achieved by manufacturers get by with less. En 1972 mes peintures ont été primées par le prix spécial jeunesse du cercle De Lahaye. I’m continuing my story at the point that my collection of watercolors had grown and I’d just splurged on a Schmincke set of 48 half pans when I sat down and really tried to get to know my watercolors better. Anyway so I’m trying to find an alternative travel palette. The M. Graham paints do dry quite well in a palette and don’t need extra rubbing or water to reveal his quality, the same as most european extra-fine watercolours, but there is one brand that gets shinny and is the most easy to rewet and it isn’t M. Graham but Blockx. My biggest disappointment was Rodonite genuine which I bought to use instead of WN Rose Madder genuine. Following this review a number of artists took issue with him, primarily photo-realistic and botanical painters, who preferred the `consistent texture and less emphatic chroma'. btw both are my favorite brands. In Schincke lightfastness is more correct ? Schmincke factory pans are very highly pigmented and rewet with just a light touch of a damp brush. Fra Angelico blue pigment extraction - no wonder g... Daniel Smith watercolour - full range - updated, Winsor & Newton Watercolours - full range. The metal palette I use which came with the Schmincke set of 48 colors can actually hold 52 half pans if you hutch them all together. En même temps mes photos ont été primé à de nombreuses expositions en Belgique. These paints are for Artists who like saturated colours but staying transparent. J’espère que mes articles vous plaisent et si vous avez une question à me poser, n’hésitez pas de me contacter par mail. M. Graham producers of watercolour paint that isn’t much different as the classic European paints made by Winsor & Newton, Schminke ou Sennelier, and even the more recent manufacturers as Daniel Smith, QOR, Blockx or Isaro. I think less for very detailed washed down watercolour art and you have to be beware of the fact that they lift less than the most brands i tested. Stay tuned, recovering nowadays, i'll post soon all informations on paint and brands i have for the analyses of the secundary color and such more things will be announced very soon. France after all has a great tradition in producing quality art materials and they can certainly follow a recipe (my wife is French). I found out that Isaro and Blockx are even more charged in pigments, but i find that QOR is less charged. What we find time and again is that no other paint offers the same level of pigment as ours. then you maybe dont even found much info used pigments even less info how their lightfastness is final paint of brand x. Hi Peter,An interesting read on this brand of paint. If you are new to painting you'll find some useful stuff in my earlier posts. I paint too many botanicals to keep away from g... Holbein from Japan has been making watercolour since the early1920s. Often the charts don’t keep up with changes to their paint formula in many brands too. I also went to the manufacturer’s web sites and looked up which pigments they had used to mix that particular color. The details of the full range could hardly be bettered and include notes on each colour which go beyond the simple statistics. GET LIME DOODLE DESIGN DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX. No issues with the lightfastness of Daniel Smith paints here. par Désiré Herman. Information on transparency, and lightfastness is clearly stated and looking at the Schmincke ratings they seem to me to be pretty realistic and they also add that ...` no watercolour should be exposed to direct sunlight for a prolonged time due to the usually fine and thin and thereby light sensitive colour application'.... Pigment information is also most useful.