Daniel Smith

[Improv]

There are alot of them – at least 4 in Calgary, but most of them only sell their watercolors. Only one of those 4 sell their traditional oils and probably won’t stock the WMO. Your best bet is to wait for their reply or order directly from them.

Trouble is that there is no guarantee that a store carrying DS Watercolours or Oils would order in any DS WMO paints.

I was hoping Delta in Calgary would have some-but not yet. :rolleyes:

Cheers

Doug

[chalet_dor]

I am very happy to be able to report that a Daniel Smith rep, Chad Cook, responded to my email asking if their paints were artist or student grade. He said they were “professional artist grade.”

Happy days!!! I ordered 2 colors that I find I use a lot: Hansa yel light (PY3) and Titanium White (PW6) and I’ll compare them to my Artisan. At last, concrete information.:crossfingers:

Shirley

Hi Shirley
I will be very eager to get your opnion……….I have been to the site and am thinking about buying the set………….I am using Artisan, they are the only ones I have tried and am using them…………Dorian

"COLOR IS MY DAY-LONG OBSESSION, JOY, AND TORMENT." CLAUDE MONET

I welcome constructive critiques and comments

dor:)

[chalet_dor]

Sounds :music::music: good to me me Shirley! I will be watching this thread………..thank you : ))

"COLOR IS MY DAY-LONG OBSESSION, JOY, AND TORMENT." CLAUDE MONET

I welcome constructive critiques and comments

dor:)

[Improv]

Hi Shirley
am thinking about buying the set…………..Dorian

Hi Dor-is that the Steve Whitney 13 colour set?

Cheers

Doug

[chalet_dor]

Yes it is………….if I get really good reports about their paints…………..: ))

"COLOR IS MY DAY-LONG OBSESSION, JOY, AND TORMENT." CLAUDE MONET

I welcome constructive critiques and comments

dor:)

[Improv]

Yes it is………….if I get [I]really good[/I] reports about their paints…………..: ))

Thanks for the info. I think the paints will be real good if they are up to the quality of DS regular oils. :thumbsup:

Cheers

Doug

[Aires]

Daniel Smith guarantees their water mixable oils are made exactly the same as their traditional oils except they use the modified linseed oil for that line. They recently had a well known artist test them, you can read his opinion by ordering their latest catalogue – and they have a beginners set on sale.

[chalet_dor]

Well I have bitten and have ordered them. I will let you know what I think, when they have arrived and I have given them a try……….dor:))

[FONT=Georgia”,”serif]“Color is my day-long obsession, joy, and torment.”[/FONT][FONT=Georgia”,”serif]Claude Monet[/FONT]

"COLOR IS MY DAY-LONG OBSESSION, JOY, AND TORMENT." CLAUDE MONET

I welcome constructive critiques and comments

dor:)

[cat1lady]

Looking forward to reviews.

Constructive criticism always welcome.

[Improv]

Looking forward to reviews.

Daniel Smith has 20% off on all products right now-might be a good time to order! :thumbsup:

[timonsloane]

I just checked out the line, and I was surprised to find that they only have 20 colors and they don’t have any Cads in the line. Also surprised that their Quinacridone colors a so expensive, and there is no cool yellow (lemon).

Maybe they are just getting started, but this seems rather limited to me. I was thinking of trying them (I use holbein duo), but there’s not much here that’s particularly useful to me.

Timon Sloane
www.timonsloane.com
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[Aires]

This is a relatively new line for Daniel Smith – I think they plan to add more colors in the future. May depend on how well they are received? Also remember you can use small amounts of traditional oils to the modified ones without losing the water mixable asset so that might help until the line is expanded to include more colors.

[Aires]

I just checked the latest catalogue from Daniel Smith and they have a statement about their acrylic line, one of which is that they plan to have about 40 colors available. They have solicited input from artists on which colors they would most like to see added to their acrylic line.

For those who might like to try this brand, they are offering a free tube of titanium white with any 5 tubes; with 9 tubes the include free titanium white and a bottle of water soluable modified linseed oil. You can also watch a demo on painting and cleaning up with the water soluable oils.

[couturej]

Aires thanks for the heads up I just ordered their catalogue.

I’m looking to hearing feedback on this line of WMOs.

Janet Bionda
http://janet-coloredpencil.blogspot.com/

[KJSCL]

I tried out a couple of the Daniel Smith WMO Quinacridones and I must say I was impressed. For me, DS offers the best selection of quinacridone pigments which is why I purchased them to try out; Quinacridone Gold, Sienna, Coral, Purple and Burnt Orange.

I only have their Quin Gold in their traditional oil line and really couldn’t tell a difference in handling between it and the WMO Quin Gold. In my opinion, I find them to be quite similar in consistency and handling to Cobra’s and enjoyed working with them.

Their Quin Sienna is a great transparent version of Burnt Sienna (which isn’t available in the WMO line yet). The Quin Purple looks to be an interesting color but I’m looking forward to using the Quin Coral, which in their watercolor line is a beautiful color, great in portraits.

Also surprised that their Quinacridone colors a so expensive, and there is no cool yellow (lemon).

Maybe they are just getting started, but this seems rather limited to me. I was thinking of trying them (I use holbein duo), but there’s not much here that’s particularly useful to me.

The WMO Quinacridones are priced the same as their tradional oils. I would consider their Hansa Yellow Light to be a cool yellow as it is PY3 which is a lemon yellow

Trouble is that there is no guarantee that a store carrying DS Watercolours or Oils would order in any DS WMO paints.

I was hoping Delta in Calgary would have some-but not yet.

Delta Art is in Edmonton and I’m going there tomorrow so I’ll ask. I don’t hold out alot of hope of them carrying the line though as not too long ago they stopped carrying the tradional DS oils and they just brought in the Cobra line.

Kathy
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