Watercolors!

[eller]

Eller’s Artisan Watercolors: The Ill-Advised Set



Handmade*, artisan** watercolors*** in a travel-sized**** set that will delight***** beginning as well as professional****** artists! Unique colors******* in a small-batch******** limited edition*********!

*a pretty much meaningless designator, considering how all the main ingredients are products of chemical processing done in a real lab, but whatever
**consistently shitty quality, that is
***that one, at least, is perfectly correct
****not-enough-colors
*****or at least amuse
******an outright lie
*******uniquely weird colors that no one will ever find a use for. Notice that LOVELY dark brown with discreet shimmer?
********at least I didn’t waste too much good pigment
*********I’m learning from my mistakes! Sorry to the single person out there who will sorely miss the exact shade of their guinea pig's fur!



….just to be clear: I’m not selling these. And not only because I can’t ship them internationally anyway these days. Unfortunately, I’m too much of a honest person. I'm just making fun of the way people on Etsy promote their selfmade colors. (Actually, I just realized that by providing information about the pigments I used, I'm being MORE professional about this than, like, 90% of sellers on Etsy. That's... just sad.)

But I'm happy that I managed to make colors that are somewhat useable. Also, Candle Glob is my perfect yellow.

Comments

[yhlee]

Yeah, you're probably right. It would have been fun though. XD I almost did buy watercolor pigments & do-it-yourself supplies last year as research for Phoenix Extravagant because that process was something Jebi would have been familiar with, but instead I just read up on it and handwaved the details (which was much cheaper and involved less breathing in of risky particulates [1]).

I think I would probably get nice results from Phthalo Blue (green shade) + PBk6, but because I rely so much on India ink I actually don't own ANY blacks, which I clearly need to remedy! XD I'll think about it for the next time I order art supplies...

[1] Ever since I learned of the serious health risks involved with some of the sealants commonly used with painting BJDs (ball-jointed dolls), I have been paranoid about particulates. :p

[eller]

There's nothing like paranoia about particulates - even I wear a mask when handling pigments, and, lacking a properly secured workplace, I do the whole thing in the bathtub because that's the place with least risk of air disturbance...

PB15:3 + PBk6 will probably work but give you a blue-black with a bit of a greenish tint. For an actual blue-black, I'd probably use Phthalo Sapphire (PB15:6) or add a tiny bit of PV19...

...wow, no black watercolor? How is that even possible? XDDD

[yhlee]

I lied--I own Daniel Smith's Lunar Black, which hadn't occurred to me as a "regular" black--I like the granulation. That might be fun to experiment with PB15:3 + Lunar Black since those are what I have on hand, and then later I can try PB15:6 and/or PBk6 and compare. XD

[eller]

Lunar Black is fun! :D Granulating iron pigment mixed with other colors creates some nice effects, there's even a company making these color combinations as a ready-made mix!
https://www.royaltalens.com/en/catalog/van-gogh-watercolour/watercolour-pan-dusk-green-630/ I own this pretty Dusk Green, which is, essentially, the Lunar Black pigment (granulating PBk11, the same thing as in DS Lunar Black) with phthalo green (PG7). It's a lovely product, and I'd guess you'll receive something very similar if you mix it with PB 15:3, just in more blue-ish.