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    Ronnier
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        I want to share this paint with everyone – it’s just so FUN!
        It comes out of the tube green, but wow, what it does as it settles into the paper, moves around in wet-in-wet washes, is so exciting!
        I started a half-sheet painting of a houseplant and shadows, and decided to try this new tube of paint on the plant. My husband said, “That’s cheating!”

        [FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing. (William Shakespeare)

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        kate252
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            what paint is it?? where can i get it from??? I MUST HAVE IT!!!!!!

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            Riverfrog
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                Nice painting, you have some lovely detail there and yet kept it simple.
                That is a superb green, it looks as though you have added a blue in places, which blue? or is this how the paint has settled. Also love the shadow colour, did you use the green in that? questions questions!

                :wave:

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                Ronnier
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                    Kate252, this is available through Daniel Smith’s website – it’s their new “Cascade Green.” And the blues magically appear as the paint dries! The more water on the paper, the more the blues appear. And turn into sort of a lacy effect, too!
                    Riverfrance, thank you! I’ve got a bit of work to do to complete this one, but I’m happy so far. The blue is a result of just that one paint from Daniel Smith, that’s how it settles out as it dries. Fascinating, huh? As for the shadows, those are a mixture of Ultramarine Blue, Permanent Crimson and a tiny bit of Cad Yellow Light here and there.

                    [FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing. (William Shakespeare)

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                    Cariboo Bill
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                        Daniel Smith reports the paint as containing PBr 7 and PB 15. PBr 7 is the iron oxide that gives us the range from raw sienna, burnt sienna, and raw umber so this is where the “yellow” is coming from to make the green. PB 15 is phtahlo blue and it again can do a whole range with PB 15:3 giving a greenish blue to start with. The phtahlo paints in general can be very active wet in wet and have a large drying shift losing according to MacEvoy up to 20% of their intensity which we see happening in Cascade Green.

                        Whatever Daniel Smith has used as dispersants, and other additives probably accounts for the “cheating” , and it would also depend on how small a particle size they selected for the mixing.

                        Just to push the watercolor lightfast testing project for a final moment, both the ingredients have good lightfast characteristics but it would be interesting to see how Cascade Green did in testing.
                        Bill

                        "The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable." (Robert Henri)

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                        Ronnier
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                            Thanks C. Bill, for the cool info on this paint’s secrets! This makes me wonder what other fun paints are in our future! Ronnie.

                            [FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing. (William Shakespeare)

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                            MtLookout
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                                That really is a fun mix of color spread into the wet on wet !

                                Tom


                                ...got me a date with Botticelli's niece ...
                                she promised she'd be there with me when I paint my masterpiece...Dylan

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                                Cariboo Bill
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                                    Have you tried Daniel Smith’s interference or other on the edge paints, some of the metals for example? Daniel Smith seems to be the most active innovator in creating new paints but we still need to consider if they will be light fast. Some you might use just for the fun of it and not sell such to customers unless they understand the paints might not last.
                                    Bill

                                    "The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable." (Robert Henri)

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                                    Mayberry
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                                        That really is nice. It looks like blue flowers in the foliage.

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