PV29 Perylene Violet... it was the most fun study for me so far. The pigment had a great value of ranges and combined with PG36 created a range of grey to browns and a gorgeous deep forest green.
The mixes in general were so eye catching and gorgeous.... It will find more spots on my palettes from now on for sure.

Real time video of this mountainscape is available for Patreons.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/real-time-video-133123042

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Next color to look into in our study is Perylene Violet with the pigment PV29.

Perylenes belong to my favorites as they have nice values, are transparent and just super pretty.

Perylene Violet blew me away in the monochromatic painting.

Full article is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/color-study-pv29-132337027?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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PB35, Cerulean Blue, is gorgeous and beautiful and granulating.

I looked deeper into this one with swatches, mixes and some little paintings. If you're curious, you might like this read:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/pb35-color-study-129838294?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

The article is free to read for all members (even free ones). All tips and support is used to power the watercolor database https://sunandcolors.com

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PR233 is a special pigment with heavy granulation.

If you enjoy watercolors, pigments and are nerdy, you might enjoy these insights and swatches:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/potters-pink-129792677?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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On goes the journey of color exploration with Roman Szmal's Titanium Buff PW6:1. My ways to swatch and explore changed and evolved, maybe?

Part II of this little series has just been published on Patreon. Enjoy the read and pigment nerdyness:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/pw6-1-titanium-129674081?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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New little series on Patreon looking into colors and pigments - and thoughts on best methods of exploring them.

I started with PY129 Green Gold. A useful wonderful color and my first explorations of it.
The post is free to read for everyone.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/py129-color-129633094?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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Over the last 10 months I had tests of 3 watercolor varnishes hanging in the window for testing and have just published the results on Patreon as an early access. It's one of the perks of Patrons of the watercolor database.

Link to article: https://www.patreon.com/sunandcolors

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Tested laminating watercolours and how they hold up to light.
There is a full blog post for anyone interested with scans, link in bio.

Summary: laminating won't destroy your painting, it will look fine, great for bookmarks, but it does not protect your art from fading if you use fugitive colours.

In the watercolour database you can look up how your colours could change with time: https://sunandcolors.com/ there have been many additions lately.

Have fun!

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Busy day! I did not paint, but used my energy to add more swatches to sunandcolors.com ! We have 868 colors now in the database with most already being tested for lightfastness.

Today the results for handmade paints were uploaded. Most made by my friends, who create their paints with love and passion. They have amazing quality, often rare pigments and are made for artists by artists.

Link to the database in bio.

Also... I got more to Swatch for the collection!

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Another little update: I've added the results of an independent lightfastness test of the Lukas Aquarell 1862 watercolours to the database.

Check out sunandcolors.com to see them as well as information on pigments, binder and properties of watercolours.

Clickable link in bio. 😉

Have a great day!

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