handprint : paints
Paints are the third ingredient — with paper and brush — of the watercolor art. It's easy to be misled by art marketing hype, but this section will help you choose and use watercolor paints with confidence.
splash - handprint
watercolors. When once we see keenly enough, there is very little difficulty in painting what we see; but, even supposing that this difficulty be still great, I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the painting; and I would rather teach painting that my pupils may learn to love Nature, than teach the looking at Nature that they ...
handprint : colormaking attributes
The colored links at the top of the screen take you to detailed information on modern watercolor pigments, based on evaluations of over 750 commercial watercolor paints — the most comprehensive watercolor paint information available on the Internet.
the complete palette - handprint
Palette schemes are used throughout this site to illustrate the selection of paints in artists' palettes, hue contrasts in different color harmonies, the location of hues in hue circles, and so on.
handprint : an artist's color wheel
It guides our painting decisions by showing us how to effectively combine the colors we see, not how to mix gray colors from commonly used paints. Think about it: the viewer of your painting has no idea how you created a specific color.
handprint : daniel smith primatek watercolors
This page summarizes and reviews the line of PrimaTek™ watercolor paints from Daniel Smith. The publicly available information about these paints is relatively limited, and sometimes obscured by Daniel Smith's marketing romance. Here I put the paints in context and clarify their attributes as art materials. Summary.
color theory - handprint
Vision and color are at the heart of painting. Here is the most comprehensive discussion for artists of color perception, color psychology, "color theory" and color mixing available online, and one of the most comprehensive available anywhere in any format.
handprint : a basic palette
I follow their example in this page, a complete guide to the beginner's watercolor palette. I introduce standard paint concepts, describe the range of pigment alternatives available in watercolors, and explain step by step how to choose the paints that meet your color mixing goals.
handprint : paint wheels
Paint wheels are a very effective way to learn the complex landscape of the color space, the best methods for mixing paints, and the handling attributes and mixing behavior of your palette pigment selections and brand(s) of paints.
painting in neutrals - handprint
painting in neutrals. The aim of this section is to get you to recognize grays, mix them reliably with paints, and use them effectively in design. neutrals in context. Let's start by putting near neutral colors in context. The defining feature of near neutrals is their chroma or saturation — they don't have any. Well, almost.