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kaebeTwo of my packages for handmade watercolors came in! It was a nice surprise on what has been a very blah day. Depression is flaring up, along with procrastination and lost meds, so...fun. Anyway, paint.
The ones on the left are Florentine Green and Red Earth from Poems About You. The ones on the right are Texas Dandelion, Avocado Sienna, and Privet Indigo Fusion. The Avocado one was actually a free gift with my order, a generous half pan full!
The Poems About You one came adorably packaged, and I was super impressed with how neat the half pans were. Labelled, perfectly filled, few air bubbles. In contrast, the Texas Wild Color ones were messy, with paint spilled on the pans, and sticky. I was warned they'd be sticky, though, and don't mind the messy at all. Both styles seemed to match the branding of both companies.
They all re-wet beautifully and I am head over heels for the Dandelion one. I loved it on his store, but it's even prettier in person.
After swatching them, I went and swatched the paints I made a couple of weeks ago. The matte ones are perfect. The mica ones need a little more work to re-wet, but still pretty good. The glitter ones...need some TLC. I'm going to have to tweak their recipe, I'm thinking up the glycerin and see if that makes them easier. I know glitter paints in general take a lot more work to re-wet, but this is ridiculous.
The ones on the left are Florentine Green and Red Earth from Poems About You. The ones on the right are Texas Dandelion, Avocado Sienna, and Privet Indigo Fusion. The Avocado one was actually a free gift with my order, a generous half pan full!
The Poems About You one came adorably packaged, and I was super impressed with how neat the half pans were. Labelled, perfectly filled, few air bubbles. In contrast, the Texas Wild Color ones were messy, with paint spilled on the pans, and sticky. I was warned they'd be sticky, though, and don't mind the messy at all. Both styles seemed to match the branding of both companies.
They all re-wet beautifully and I am head over heels for the Dandelion one. I loved it on his store, but it's even prettier in person.
After swatching them, I went and swatched the paints I made a couple of weeks ago. The matte ones are perfect. The mica ones need a little more work to re-wet, but still pretty good. The glitter ones...need some TLC. I'm going to have to tweak their recipe, I'm thinking up the glycerin and see if that makes them easier. I know glitter paints in general take a lot more work to re-wet, but this is ridiculous.
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Date: 2019-11-25 11:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-26 04:05 am (UTC)A lot of his colors have good light-fastness ratings. Unfortunately, dandelion does not. It only rates a III Fair. :(
(I'm more interested in selling prints than the longevity of my originals, so it didn't bother me so much)
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Date: 2019-11-26 10:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-26 01:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-27 11:34 pm (UTC)--Sneak
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Date: 2019-11-28 04:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-28 07:11 pm (UTC)Loooving the Texas Wild Color, but I'll be honest, a large part of that is their backstory! Kind of like my love for Daniel Smith's Primatek line and painting with gemstones. I'm an animist, so knowing the origins and what energies go into them is important to me.