DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor Stick 12ml Paint Tube, French Ultramarine (Model: 284670003)

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• DANIEL SMITH is the Innovative Manufacturer of Beautiful Watercolors for Artists Worldwide. Our Watercolor Sticks are a recent innovation offering artists a new and expressive way to paint and draw with watercolors! The Watercolor Sticks are available in 51 of our most popular DANIEL SMITH Watercolors and are made with the exact same pigments. There are no fillers or waxes - they are made with DANIEL SMITH paint pigment and gum arabic, shaped into a convenient stick form and dried. They are highly reactive with water, similar to pan paints (1 Watercolor Stick equals 3 full pans), and easily release our beautiful DANIEL SMITH watercolor paint with a touch of a wet brush, or when drawn onto wet paper. The Watercolor Sticks are like a “Pan in Your Hand” and are perfect for plein air, travel journaling, the studio, wherever you like to paint!
• This medium-to-dark warm, reddish-blue is highly lightfast and medium tinting strength. It's sedimentary quality increases its versatility. Mixed with various portions of other blues, French Ultramarine is a wonderful sky pigment. Modify it with Quinacridone Gold for delightful greens that remain color-coordinated. Mix French Ultramarine with Quinacridone Burnt Orange and be rewarded with an amazing range of blue to brown grays. Mixed with either Quinacridone Rose or Pink, a range of purples result. For another important mix, see Hooker's and Sap Green.
• Excellent Lightfastness, Transparent, Granulating, Medium staining
• PB 29
• Conforms to ASTM D4236, D5067