Daniel Smith makes some delicious colors, and I irresistibly have bought more than I need. I'm finding that a few of them are rather similar ... and yet different ... so thought I would test them out to see which pigments had the best texture, which could be textured through salt or other devices (and which ones didn't respond much to texturing attempts), which traveled the fastest in water and which ones tended to stay put, and of course which ones Daniel Smith announced as highly transparent and then whether I agreed or not based on outcome.
I'm not writing down all the outcomes I noted. Wow, would that take time since there are indeed 52 here! But the charts below can be tapped on and enlarged and the various outcomes do become quite apparent. One regret I have in making this chart is, I was particularly interested in texturing with cotton netting gauze; however, I pigmented that area too much so the gauze hashtag effect is rather obscured. Ah well. I'll know better when it comes time for practical application!
The Legend ... for comprehending the transparency and texturing tests for this chart:
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| 52 Daniel Smith colors pigment tested for transparency and texturing |
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| DS pigment test outcomes remarkably lovely here! |
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| The DS reds and pinks were weaker on texturing effects than the blues, greens and earth tones. |
