r/Watercolor

Frame by frame. 6 illustrations.

A few years ago I went to an estate sale and picked up two fantastic paintings a bunch of paper and these brushes and paints. I am finally getting around to checking on them and putting the cracked tubes into pans. I am labeling the pans.

My long term goal is make a few sets that I can give out as gifts. I know that a few I should pull and sell to cover the cost of the pans and cases.

I can find that the daniel smith quinacrindone gold should be pulled. But what about the sennelier gold or the under sea green?

Are there any others that I should handle differently? Is it better to keep them in their tubes as long as the tubes aren’t broken? Or should I label and transfer most to pans?

The tubes that are really broken I am opening up and adding humidity to (distilled water) and am waiting.

Is there anything else I should be doing to care for them?

I know this is a huge collection. I just don’t want to do anything stupid with them.

From a lighthouse cruise in Boston Harbor.

Names blurred for privacy

Think I’ll experiment more with high contrast

what better day to post this taco than on a tuesday? watercolors and micron pen

So I’m still pretty new to water color and have been using a Windsor and newton palette with 12 colors. My mom got me one of these and I actually love it for travel but the paint quality is eh. I’ve never bought tubes before but if the goal is mostly nature scenes on the go, what brand and colors would you buy to fill it? Thanks

Bought these a week ago as they were on sale as they're expired (on paper) (mfg: 2019, expiry: 2024). I did a little research to see if paints actually expire and they don't.

Most of the shades survived (I think) except Cobalt Turquoise, Burnt Sienna & Umber (maybe)

Cobalt Turquoise looks too transparent & Burnt Sienna is grainy

I've made an amateur swatch card (slide 2).
I've added a few drops of water to all of them and mixed them a little on the top as the binder had separated.

Is there a way to save these 2 shades? Is burnt sienna specifically prone to this type of graininess?