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Paint with watercolors on any surface! You can use watercolors on any surface with Daniel Smith's Watercolor Ground! After applying the Ground you can paint with watercolors on wood, plaster, metal, plastic, glass, and fabric! Simply brush the Watercolor Ground on and within 24 hours the surface… Paint with watercolors on any surface! You can use watercolors on any surface with Daniel Smith's Watercolor Ground! After applying the Ground you can paint with watercolors on wood, plaster, metal, plastic, glass, and fabric! Simply brush the Watercolor Ground on and within 24 hours the surface will be transformed into an exciting absorbent ground for watercolor! If you make a mistake, rescue your painting with Titanium White Watercolor Ground the “white out” for artists that allows you to cover up and start over with a fresh white surface. You can use one of the colored Grounds to create surface texture or use the Transparent Watercolor Ground which allows the surface of your substrate, for example, wood grain or decorative paper, to show through when you paint over with watercolors. DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground creates a soft, absorbent watercolor surface with a slightly cottony texture that’s similar to cold press paper. With this breakthrough archival-quality ground, artists can create new work on any surface, rescue flawed paintings, lift and scrub without damaging the painting surface, and frame without glass. There’s really no end to what can be done! Key Features:* Absorbent watercolor ground* Works on multiple surfaces* Archival and acid-free.* Holds up to vigorous scrubbing Perfect For:* Watercolor Artists* Mixed media applications* Framing without Glass The beauty of watercolor is transparency and transparency is what gives watercolor paintings their distinctive clarity, luminosity, and realism. Now, with DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground, artists can get this unique visual quality on any surface they choose: * Wood & Plaster* Canvas & Masonite* All types of paper* Fabric* Glass & Plexiglass* Metal* Plastic* Stone & Masonry Preparation Absorbent or semi-absorbent surfaces require no special prep before brushing on DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground. These include paper, canvas and other fabrics, wood, plaster, shells, and hardboard. Non-absorbent surfaces such as metal, plastic or glass should be lightly abraded with sandpaper or steel wool before brushing on the Watercolor Ground. Application We recommend using Watercolor Ground straight from the container. It has a thick, brushable consistency. Use a soft-haired synthetic brush, foam brush or foam roller for a smoother finish, or a hog bristle brush for a more textured finish. The ground is highly pigmented so one coat will cover most surfaces; very absorbent surfaces such as unfinished softwood may require two coats, allowing the first coat to cure before adding the second. Wash brushes immediately after use. TIP – when using the Watercolor Ground to Rescue a Painting, thin some Watercolor Ground in a small dish with up to 10% of water and use a soft brush like a hake brush to blend the edges. Curing Let Watercolor Ground dry and cure for at least 24 hours. This allows it to attain the right degree of absorption. Painting DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground works beautifully with watercolors and thinned acrylics. Because it creates a surface more absorbent than paper, you will want to use less water with your paint. Experiment and see what works best for you. It also works beautifully with DANIEL SMITH Masking Fluid. Finishing As with all watercolors, your work on DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground will need to be fixed if it will not be framed behind glass. We suggest spraying with a high quality, Archival Aerosol MSA Varnish with UVLS to protect your painting. DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Grounds give artists more freedom to paint with their watercolors; on any surface, rescue a watercolor painting and add more creative opportunities for painting with watercolors! See More

DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor Sets

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…Of DANIEL SMITH We are proud to carry the exceptional line of DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors. These paints are a go-to for many professional watercolorists. With DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sets, pigments are key and each color offers unrivaled quality and versatility. The DANIEL SMITH color… Experience The Quality Of DANIEL SMITH We are proud to carry the exceptional line of DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors. These paints are a go-to for many professional watercolorists. With DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sets, pigments are key and each color offers unrivaled quality and versatility. The DANIEL SMITH color range offers 250 colors, of these 249 have a lightfast rating of LR I or LR II. DANIEL SMITH Finest Watercolors – A classic watercolor of unsurpassed purity and permanence.” The vision in the formulation of a new line of watercolors was twofold; * First and foremost, to produce watercolors that are the best in lightfastness and permanence. Experience the quality of color with DANIEL SMITH — Manufactured in the United States in Seattle! Key Features: * A wide range of colors * Bright vibrant colors * PrimaTek pigments made from minerals * Available in 5 ml, 15 ml tubes * Unsurpassed purity and permanence * Lightfastness * Color re-wets quickly and easily * DANIEL SMITH uses the exact same formula for both tube and hand poured pan colors * Portable and easy to use sets * Hand Crafted and proudly made in Seattle, WA USA. Perfect For: * Professional watercolorists * Artists seeking a quality watercolor with a wide array of colors and effects * Lightfastness and permanence * Watercolorists of any level looking for exceptional paint * Traveling * Plein air painting * Urban sketching * Exploring unique color combinations * Daniel Smith has developed safe and vibrant Cadmium Hues with the density and richness of cadmium colors without the cadmium pigment. Virtually identical in color to their namesakes, they are cleaner in mixtures and much stronger in tints. The working properties – staining power, semi-transparency and excellent lightfastness – are nearly identical to those of the low-soluble cadmium colors Daniel Smith previously manufactured Please click on the yellow tech-note icon to view the color description for each set. See More