Name: Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground
Brand: Daniel Smith
Rating: 4.5 (56 reviews)

Daniel Smith Iridescent Gold Watercolor Ground is semi-transparent, which allows the color and/or pattern of the surface it's applied onto to show slightly through the iridescent gold sheen. Transparent and semi-transparent watercolors will add a glaze of color when painted over this ground, modifying their color.   Brush this ground on wood, plaster, hardboard, metal, plastic, glass, and fabric to create an absorbent surface for watercolor painting. Add the ground to your entire surface or only in areas where you want to add iridescent gold effects. For deepest gold, apply two to three thin coats. This watercolor ground creates a luminous gold paintable area when applied to a white surface.


**Iridescent Gold, 4 oz**  - This ground creates a luminous gold paintable area when applied to a white surface. And because it's semi-transparent, the ground allows the color and/or pattern of the surface it's applied onto to show slightly through the iridescent gold sheen. Transparent and semi-transparent watercolors will add a glaze of color when painted over this ground, modifying their color. Add the ground to your entire surface or only in areas where you want to add iridescent gold effects. For deepest gold, apply two to three thin coats.


**Pearlescent White, 4 oz**  - Paint on a beautiful pearlescent surface. This ground makes a white pearlescent paintable area when applied to a white surface. And because it's semi-transparent, it allows the color and/or pattern of the surface it's applied onto to show slightly through the pearlescent sheen. Transparent and semi-transparent watercolors will have a slight pearlescent effect when painted over this ground. Paint an entire surface or just in areas where you want to add pearlescent effects.

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Handmade and hand-shaped watercolor sticks, with the same superior intensity as Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors.  Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks are very portable and long lasting. Perfect for plein air. Packed with pure artists' pigments. No fillers. All colors rated excellent for lightfastness. 3" L x 1/2" Dia.

Handmade and hand-shaped watercolor sticks, with the same superior intensity as Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors.   Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks are very portable and long lasting.  Perfect for plein air. 

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Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors (French Ultramarine, Perylene Red, Hansa Yellow Medium, 15 ml, Tubes)

More highly pigmented and finely ground than any watercolors on the market, Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors also boast superior lightfastness, with a wide range of the colors that are rated LR I or II. They have excellent brushing properties, resulting in clear, clean washes even when colors are layered.

__PrimaTek__ – This line includes antiquity's most precious gemstones and minerals, such as Hematite, Tiger's Eye, Rhodonite, and Lapis Lazuli. Diverse results depending on color, from warm and subtle to sparkling, vibrant. Excellent brushing properties.

Made in Seattle, Washington.


Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors are available in more than 235 colors, the widest range in the industry. 

Daniel Smith Iridescent Gold Watercolor Ground is semi-transparent, which allows the color and/or pattern of the surface it's applied onto to show slightly through the iridescent gold sheen. 

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Products bearing the AP seal of the Art & Creative Materials Institute, Inc. (ACMI) are certified non-toxic. A product can be certified non-toxic only if it contains no materials in sufficient quantities to be toxic or injurious to humans, or to cause acute or chronic health problems.

AP Non-Toxic

Products bearing the AP seal of the Art & Creative Materials Institute, Inc. (ACMI) are certified non-toxic. A product can be certified non-toxic only if it contains no materials in sufficient quantities to be toxic or injurious to humans, or to cause acute or chronic health problems.


WARNING: This product contains a chemical known in the State of California to cause cancer.

California Proposition 65

WARNING: CANCER AND REPRODUCTIVE HARM -- WWW.P65WARNINGS.CA.GOV

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