Description
DANIEL SMITH – WATERCOLOUR – 15ML – 091 – SLEEPING BEAUTY TURQUOISEÂ GENUINEÂ
A unique and vibrant blue, the gemstone comes from Sleeping Beauty Mountain in Arizona where Daniel Smith found a deposit that lives up to Daniel Smith’s high expectations. It is lightfast and permanent, with none of the transient colour fade that plagues most turquoise. Turquoise has a unique porous nature that produces granular washes. Juicy washes flow from the brush and dry-brush work has the intense texture found only in a mineral pigment. Traditional mineral pigments often have a muted feel and Daniel Smith’s unique Turquoise Genuine has a true brilliance. Daniel Smith use the highest grade mineral that is found closest to the earth’s surface, where environmental factors have enhanced the structure to gemstone quality and deepened the tonal richness to a remarkable blue. Historic references of Turquoise date back as far as Egypt’s first dynasty. Turquoise from the American Southwest has been unearthed in Aztec ruins and Persian turquoise was used as trading currency.
Pigment: Genuine Sleeping Beauty Turquoise | Series: 5
Lightfastness: I – Excellent
Transparency: Semi-Transparent
Staining: 1-Non-Staining
Granulation: Granulating
Daniel Smith SLEEPING BEAUTY TURQUOISE GENUINE Watercolour and all your other Discount Art Supplies are available online and in store at The PaintBox in the Adelaide Hills and can be delivered anywhere in Australia or New Zealand.
