Watercolour is beyond an art supply. It’s emotion on a palette.
Watercolour is beyond an art supply. It’s a bunch of feelings in a palette.
I have stood at my studio table weeping tears of wonder and astonishment as I watch what they are capable of.
And.
What they make me capable of.
So, when the opportunity came up for me to collaborate with the makers of some of the wildest, craziest, free-est paints ever created, the planet stopped spinning for just a moment.
Daniel Smith are master colourists. They make deliriously delicious paints. They collaborate with a handful of master artists to create their wonderful Dot Try It cards.
I am now one of them.
(Did the planet just stop spinning again? Just for a second?).
When I got the chance to select my favourites for my own Dot card, well, it was exciting – but also VERY hard work! Each Dot card contains samples of the finest watercolour paint for you to actually try out for yourself! I deliberated and took great pains over creating my collection…
- The hues I have selected for my dot palette have all the seductive and unpredictable charm of a mermaid:
- (We have them in my store so you can see more about each colour too!)
- Buff Titanium ( use as a base)
- Iridescent Topaz ( mermaid scales people – mermaid scales!)
- Hematite Violet ( such a joy to use for capturing the fine skin around eyes.)
- Potters Pink ( the way this colour granulates! )
- Naphthamide Maroon (deep red for lips and the deepest part of tearducts)
- Rhodenite Genuine ( life isn’t complete without some outrageous pink is it?)
- Shadow Violet ( a glaze of this tames colours)
- Moonglow ( this watercolour defies decription – it is heavenly!)
- Amethyst Genuine ( it packs it’s own heart-of-darkness)
- Kyanite Genuine ( possibly my most used colour)
- Sodalite Genuine ( vies for most used colour with Kyanite!)
- Lunar Blue ( starts of indigo… andthen turquoise and cobolt creeps in as the colour develops !)
- Sleeping Beauty Turquoise (actual crushed turquoise from Sleeping Beauty Mountain in Arizona!)
- Phthalo Turquoise ( no words needed)
- Amazonite Genuine ( just like the namesake – this green-blue stands above all others!
- Serpentine Genuine ( this is Australian! It separates into two lively greens!)
- Fuschite Genuine ( a natural wonder)
- Cascade Green ( a sage green sea that harbours a turquoise lake within it. This will make no sense until you have used this watercolour for yourself.)
My favourite Daniel Smith watercolors are an invitation to play.
They granulate.
They make amazing watermarks.
Each brushstroke is a beautiful, fascinating adventure.
They do not behave.
They are bohemian gypsies on an adventure.
By using art materials that allow me to enjoy the process so much, ideas can roam free, inspiration and imagination bubble to the surface and I create art that I love with ease. I don’t have to worry about being an ‘expert’, or creating a perfect drawing first. I just dive right in with a smile on my face.
I consider these colours ‘alive’ because they do so much movement on their own, which makes them so exciting to use.
For the time-being , you can only get the Dot card on my store site when you order some of these delectable watercolours!
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That’s my news. My exciting, fabulous news.
Pinch me!
xoxox
Jane
Daniel Smith watercolors are beyond gorgeous!
Jane, congratulations to you and to Daniel Smith. I have been a fan of DS for years and have quite a few of your dots in tubes. I started collecting the Triads. I hope this means we will be using a lot of DS in the surprise new class. You are the very best.
I don’t know how you limited your selection, they have so many beautiful shades! I am glad to see sleeping beauty turquoise made the cut, it is one of my favorites! I played with Cascade green at my local store and it is now on my favorite list along with Amethyst.
So exciting. Congratulations! The collection is beautiful!
Daniel Smith is my longtime fav watercolor paint! Love, love, love the granulation and all the pure mineral pigments. It would be so hard to choose which one to only buy a few! And they do play well together! Enjoy!
exciting indeed! Congratulations.
such a beautiful palette Jane.
i love DS watercolors!
Jane, the colors you picked are seriously outrageous. Congratulations, Carol Martine.
Congratulations, Jane! Yah!!! Daniel Smith is so lucky to have your palette!! what a wonderful collaboration.
Awesome, Jane! I love your Daniel Smith colors and the faces you have created with them! Looks like I need to add to my watercolor stash 🙂
oooooo!!!! Miss JANE! Awesome and exciting news. Definitely worth waiting for, you big tease 🙂 So happy for you and us too. Just a couple of weeks ago, I got the entire DS dot card collection. Now I can go thru them all and find your colors so I can paint them on their own separate sheet. I’m so excited!!!! You do the most amazing things. I love that about you 🙂
You are having quite a year Jane! And so well deserved as you put so very much good out into the world!! Congratulations and here’s to your next artventure…:) p.s. – Can’t wait to get my hands on your colors!!
That is fabulous news! The color palette reflects you perfectly!
You introduced me to the DS watercolors in Supplies Me and Beautiful Faces and I’ve totally fallen in love with them. My favorite is Lunar Blue but yesterday i received the Kingman Green Turquoise so that might be my new fav.
Congratulations Jane, great news!
This is awesome, Jane!!! Your selection looks fabulous!! Can’t wait to try it… Watercolor Wonderland!!!
Wow!! What great news Jane! Just love the gorgeous colors you picked!! How exciting for you…Congrats!!
Congrats Jane! How awesome is this! I love your colour palette selection!:)
thank you – I love it too!
Congratulations!! So lovely to see your fabulous journey – the colors are just beautiful !!
I’m doing a happy dance for you Jane. You are having some amazing milestones. I’m so excited for you. Your courage and faith and hard work are manifesting in the most beautiful way. Big hugs gorgeous heart. xo
What a wonderful collection! The colors are delicious and will create many stories in many journals. I am so thrilled for you!
LOVE the names you’ve given them. SO flip’n brilliant. Congrats!
wowser it was the worth the wait …. Loving them xoxox
Silly question, but what is a dot card?
“Each Dot card contains samples of the finest watercolour paint for you to actually try out for yourself!”
No wonder you looked so happy in that photo. Congratulations Jane. That is wonderful news. 🙂
thank you lovely!
Love the colours you picked!!!
Awesome news.
mermaid colours!
Congratulations … to Daniel Smith 😉 They are very lucky to have you on board 🙂
xx
lol! love you Natalie!
Wow! That is new worth shouting from the rooftops! How fabulously, wonderful and exciting – a real ‘pinch me’ moment for you Jane. I love how you put colours together and totally agree, colours are feelings on a palette. Congratulations!
thank you Robyn! You are always so supportive – you are a real treasure and friend!