Experimenting with Daniel Smith Granulating Paints
Granulating pigments have fascinated me with my journey into abstraction. Daniel Smith paints have a fantastic listing of granulating pigments. I've been using this as my chart reference and slowly been testing and researching each of the pigments. As you will notice below, I have first done one circle of an individual color. The next step is mixing that color with other granulating pigments: the test color gets painted first (juicy onto dry paper) and a second pigment is applied over top (juicy pigment). I'm using Arteza Mixed Media pad 9x12" 110 gm weight. Once I see how the combinations react, which ones are exciting, or appeal to me, I complete 2 abstracts using just those colors. Techniques vary from doing wet on wet, wet on dry, dry brush, using pipettes of water for rivulets, and water spray bottles. Occasionally I will supplement the abstract paintings with inks, acrylic pens, or water color pencils.
Granulating Colors
Yellow Pigments
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