Daniel Smith is a nouveau riche who originated in 1976, but he has the same sense of stockpiling as the old Dutch. The organic pigment quinacridone has the advantages of strong durability and strong tinting strength, and is hot in the art pigment industry. Daniel Smith's warehouse has the largest inventory of quinacridone of any art pigment manufacturer in the world, including quiltsAutomotive industryQuacridone gold that is out of print after elimination. Based on a strong inventory of raw materials, its watercolor line has developed a total of 258 colors, including 14 colors of quinacridone pigments, and 113 colors of oil paint pigments added to the production line a little later, including 10 colors of quinacridone pigments, which far exceeds the number of other brands.
Daniel Smith has two oil paints, Original Oil Paints, and Water Soluble, the brand's main artist-grade oil paints, which are made of linseed oil or safflower oil, and added with less than 1% additives to improve flame retardancy, aid grinding and shorten drying time. Its pigment concentration is medium, and the official website color card provides the primary color and the contrast color after adding 1:1 titanium dioxide, which can be used as a tinting strength reference, and the price of 37ml is 55-235 yuan, which is slightly lower than the price of its watercolor.
Without exception, only Alizarin Crimson and Moonglow, Alizarin Crimson, have a durability rating of ASTM III, and the rest have reached the ASTMI and ASTMII grades required for artistic creation, making them the best choice for artistic creation. Of the 113 colors, there are 71 colors of single pigments, and the most prominent feature is the large number of transparent shades, which is not unrelated to Daniel Smith's emphasis on watercolor lines, as did Windsor Newton. There are a total of 66 transparent colors, including several quinacridone colors, which are especially suitable for overcoat dyeing, in addition to 35 translucent colors and 12 opaque colors.
Launched in 2012, Water Soluble is a modified dry oil that is soluble in water, while the other formulations are the same as Original oil paints, with only 43 colours. Water-soluble oil paints make brushes easier to clean, with uniform drying speed and easier texture for all colors. However, the water destroys the unique texture and three-dimensional sense of oil paint, and the coloring effect is more watercolor, and the artistic expression ability is greatly limited, and the price is 50-185 yuan, which is about half of the original oil paint.
Daniel Smith does not use highly toxic chromium or lead pigments, is AP certified, and the non-hazardous pigment tube body is marked. Pigments can only be purchased through distributors, group purchases are recommended.
