Upon tidying up my art supplies drawers, I came across a few items I had not used for ages! A box of Dr. Ph Martin’s Radiant Concentrated Watercolor was one of them. That’s what happens when you accumulate so much, and many of the good stuff ends up in the bottom of the pile! As it was still good to use, I decided to play around with them a bit and create something interesting. The box comes in a set of 14 vibrant shades, but for this painting, I selected these five:
As these bottles come with droppers, I thought I would take that opportunity to do a little experiment. Make puddles of water on paper, add drops of paint whilst wet and watch the colors feather and merge! Here I went for Strathmore’s cold-press watercolor paper in A4 with the adhesive edges on the sketchbook to prevent the sheets from warping. And how cool did that turn out! Loving that marbly effect. Although I have on occasions used the dropper method with acrylic inks, I find watercolors more effective as they are thinner in consistency yet with high concentrations of pigment. The secret is to use harmonious colors together, ie. green and blue then pink/red, orange and yellow. Otherwise you will end up with messy muddy colors!
This was not intended to be a proper painting since I was merely experimenting. Result however came out so stunning that I thought it was worth sharing here, even considering it a work of art! This is especially the case with these Radiant Concentrated Watercolors. Look how beautiful the colors are! The main downside of this product though is that it is not lightfast and will hence fade in time if exposed to sun and light. As such best to use in art journaling and sketches. Also discovered that Radiant can be used in combination with acrylic paints or mediums to make it more lightfast and waterproof. Something to try out soon!
My Kawaii Quarter 