I have 3 paintings I'm working on - all full size sheets of Arches 140# cold press. None of them are finished. I have also been looking through older paintings (for me, that means earlier this year or last fall and winter), trying to choose a few for the shows coming up. I'm procrastinating on finishing things.
As Roger Miller said in
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd:
"All you gotta do it put your mind to it.
Knuckle down.
Buckle down.
Do it! Do it! Do it!"
In an art magazine a while back, I got an address to send a request for the new Golden watercolors they've come up with. They are called QOR Modern Watercolors and are supposed to have more pigment than other brands. This is what I got in the mail:
Front of the little card I got of a few samples from Golden.
Inside - the samples on the right. I used them to paint the strips on the left. Bright colors, but they sure don't give you much for free - not enough to paint anything with but swatches. The dabs of paint didn't even bead up = flat and hardly anything there. (I've heard on a few art blogs that people got samples and painted with them - maybe they got better samples because they are more well known?)
I don't know how much these cost or what sizes the tubes come in, but if you're interested, you can probably check them out online.
Happy painting!
As Roger Miller said in
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd:
"All you gotta do it put your mind to it.
Knuckle down.
Buckle down.
Do it! Do it! Do it!"
In an art magazine a while back, I got an address to send a request for the new Golden watercolors they've come up with. They are called QOR Modern Watercolors and are supposed to have more pigment than other brands. This is what I got in the mail:
Front of the little card I got of a few samples from Golden.
Inside - the samples on the right. I used them to paint the strips on the left. Bright colors, but they sure don't give you much for free - not enough to paint anything with but swatches. The dabs of paint didn't even bead up = flat and hardly anything there. (I've heard on a few art blogs that people got samples and painted with them - maybe they got better samples because they are more well known?)
I don't know how much these cost or what sizes the tubes come in, but if you're interested, you can probably check them out online.
Happy painting!
6 comments:
Dear Rhonda - haven't run across these watercolors as of yet. It would take quite a bit for me to choose them over Daniel Smith, Da Vinci or Winsor Newton and M Graham company. Maybe if they give us artists a big enough sample to really try - may be interested (LOL)! Have a great week-end.
I know that feeling. I find it's worse as deadlines start to loom and I put of making decisions.
Good luck with the exhibitions.
Yes, I have sent for these samples too.
Daniel Smith used to send out these hard little blobs too so I know what to expect.
Sometime a company will send more if you are teaching a class and you are willing to fill out a questionnaire after you use them.
Atelier acrylics was very generous a few years ago when they first came out and sent me a lot of stuff! I do like this acrylics.
You definitely matched those colors on the front of the card, Rhonda. They look like gorgeous colors.
Debbie, I thought they were a bit cheap in the amount they give you - I did look them up and they are not cheap to buy so I'll stick with my Daniel Smith and Holbein :)
Vandy, we humans are funny beings - we know we could get things done early but hardly ever do. Of course, if I get things done next week, I'm early - so not feeling too badly yet :)
Ginny, I got some freebies from DS in orders, too - they gave you more pigment on the cards.
Sherry, it's funny but I never thought of matching those colors on the front of the card - I just painted little strips of the colors you get in that card (I think there are 3 different palettes). Won't be doing anything else with them, though - not enough paint. Looks like Dick Blick and Jerry's Artarama both sell them but they aren't cheap.
I love your new (to me, anyway) header; I remember when you were working on Mr. Crow. Beautiful.
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