More questions about watercolor paints
This is the second little quiz about watercolor paint. The questions are quite difficult (they should be on a site like this). A passing score is 6 out of 10 questions answered correctly.
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Verona Gold Ochre
Verona Gold Ochre is a yellow ochre from Italy. Daniel Smith is the manufacturer of the paint. They do not state exactly where they source the pigment, only that it comes from an area…
Millford Watercolour Paper
There was once a watercolour paper called Whatman. After several years of intermittent production, the paper was relaunched in 1983. But it did not last very long. Production of the paper was discontinued in…
Common watercolor papers manufacturing method
Below is a summary of various watercolour papers and how they are manufactured. I have included all the papers I have written about on this blog, as well as some common and well-known papers…
Watercolour Paper – Manufacture and Materials
Paper is a thin material consisting of interwoven plant fibres. Leaving aside earlier paper-like products, paper in the modern sense was invented in China about two thousand years ago. Early paper was made from…
Painting Clouds
I avoid clouds whenever possible. I think they often steal attention from the actual subject. A sky is at its best when it does not dominate a painting. Dark skies and clouds can easily…
Ultramarine (PB29)
The original ultramarine pigment was made from the blue mineral lazurite, found in lapis lazuli, a semi-precious rock that has been mined in the mountains of northern Afghanistan for more than 6,000 years. The…
Can You Trust the Name?
French Ultramarine is always French Ultramarine, isn’t it? And what about Aureolin, Viridian, and Cobalt Blue? Surely these classic colors are always what the label claims they are. Unfortunately, the name on the tube…
Paint Green Trees
Painting green trees in watercolor can be surprisingly challenging. It is not only difficult to create convincing greens, but also to capture the volume and form of the tree canopy. In this article I…
