Daniel Smith Watercolor Sticks - Aquatic Landscapes, Set of 5

Name: Daniel Smith Watercolor Sticks - Aquatic Landscapes, Set of 5
Brand: Daniel Smith

Includes five Watercolor Sticks, one each Cobalt Teal Blue, Phthalo Turquoise, Carbazole Violet, Neutral Tint, and Quinacridone Gold, plus a carrying case.

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Blick SKU: 01778-1019

About this product range

Professional quality
Handmade with pure pigments and gum arabic
62 brilliant, lightfast colors
Draw, paint, and blend—wet or dry
Perfect for travel and plein air

Like a pan in your hand, Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks deliver pure, professional watercolor in a totally portable, all-in-one format. These sticks are shaped by hand using the same premium pigments and gum arabic binder as Daniel Smith’s classic watercolors, so you get vibrant, lightfast color without any waxes or oils.

Activate the stick with water, draw directly on wet or dry paper, or pick up color with a brush—just like a pan. Draw bold lines that blend but don’t easily lift, define contours, or go loose with washes and blends right on the page. With 62 brilliant shades, every stick offers a flexible, compact way to sketch, paint, and layer wherever inspiration strikes. Perfect for studio, plein air, or travel.

Made in Seattle, Washington.

Pigment information

General reference notes about pigments can describe other media (such as oil). They do not verify this product’s exact formulation or behavior.

Quinacridone Gold

Pigment code: PO48
Type: organic, quinacridone
Chemical formula: C20H12N2O2 or C20H10N2O4
Properties: Quinacridone Gold is a high performance pigment. It lacks brightness and cleanliness in tints, and it may disperse unevenly. It has an average drying time. Quinacridone pigments have relatively low tinting strength in general. For this reason, quinacridone colors are often expensive, because more pigment is required in the formulation.
Permanence: Quinacridone Gold has excellent lightfastness and is considered the most lightfast pigment in its shade range.
Toxicity: Quinacridone gold is not considered toxic. Overexposure to quinacridone pigments may cause skin irritation. Quinicridone pigments contain a compound found to be a skin, eye, and respiratory irritant.
History: Although quinacridone compounds became known in the late 19th century, methods of manufacturing so as to make them practical for use as commercial pigments did not begin until the 1950s. Quinacridone pigments were first developed as coatings for the automotive industry, but were quickly adopted by artists.
Description: Pigment Orange 48, Quinacridone Orange, Quinacridone Burnt Orange

Nickel Azo Yellow

Pigment code: PY150
Type: inorganic
Chemical name: nickel azomethine yellow
Chemical formula: C30H18Cl2N6NiO4
Properties: Nickel Azo Yellow is a transparent, moderately staining yellow pigment with high tinting strength. It is considered a good color match in botanical and landscape painting for natural gamboge (NY24), a historic yellow pigment with fair to poor lightfastness.
Permanence: Nickel azomethine yellow has excellent lightfastness.
Toxicity: Nickel azo yellow pigment is mildly toxic, and is often labeled as hazardous. Avoid respiratory and skin exposure to pigment dust. It should be disposed of properly with other hazardous wastes, not washed down the sink.
History: Nickel azomethine yellow has been developed as an artist pigment becasue it is a close match for gamboge, a historic yellow.
Description: Gamboge Hue, New Gamboge.

Lamp Black

Pigment code: PBk6
Type: inorganic
Chemical name: carbon
Chemical formula: C
Properties: Lamp black is a very opaque, heavily staining black pigment that does not have much covering power. It is typically the most opaque black in watercolor form. Though a very pure black, it tends to muddy slightly in mixtures, is one of the slowest drying pigments in oils, and should not be used under other colors.
Permanence: Lamp Black is very lightfast and absolutely permanent. It is used in all techniques in permanent painting.
Toxicity: Lamp Black is slightly toxic by skin contact and inhalation. It is a possible human carcinogen.
History: Lamp Black is a carbon based black traditionally produced by collecting soot (known as lampblack) from oil lamps. It is the black found in Egyptian murals and tomb decorations and was the most popular black for frescoing until the development of Mars Black.
Description: Carbon Black, Channel Black, Oil Black, Vegetable Black. Flame Black is an impure version of Lamp Black.

Quinacridone Violet

Pigment code: PV19
Type: organic synthetic, quinacridone
Chemical formula: C20H12N2O2
Properties: Quinacridone Red is a high performance, transparent pigment with an average drying time and uneven dispersal. It is another name for Quinacridone Violet (PV19) and Quinacridone Red (PR192). Quinacridone pigments have relatively low tinting strength in general. For this reason, quinacridone colors are often expensive, because more pigment is required in the formulation.
Permanence: Quinacridone Violet has excellent lightfastness and is considered the most lightfast organic pigment in this shade range.
Description: Quinacridone Red (PR192), Quinacridone Red (PR19), Gamma Quinacridone (PV19)

Phthalo Blue

Pigment code: PB15
Type: organic
Chemical name: copper phthalocyanine
Chemical formula: C32H16CuN8
Properties: Phthalo Blues are pure and clean primary blues with superior covering power. They have a very high tinting strength and tend to overwhelm other pigments, but if color strength can be controlled, they make predictable mixed colors. In oil form, blues are very deep and slow drying. When mixed with other colors or if chlorine is added, Phthalo Blue quickly tends towards green. When using alone, mix with some white, as Phthalo Blue can be semi-transparent and almost black on its own. It is among the most compatible of modern colors with mineral colors and is considered more reliable than Prussian Blue, while sharing the same physical and color properties. Phthalo Blue is a good color for glazing.
Permanence: Phthalo Blues are completely lightfast and stable and are permanent for all paint uses. They are currently used in inks, coatings, and many plastics due to their stability and are considered a standard pigment in printing ink and the packaging industry.
Toxicity: Phthalo Blues have no significant hazards, although those made before 1982 contained some PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls).
History: Developed by chemists using the trade name Monastral Blue, the organic blue dyestuff now known as Phthalo Blue was presented as a pigment in November 1935 in London. Its discovery was accidental. The dark color was observed in a kettle where a dye was being made from a British dyestuff plant. The demand for such a pigment came from commercial printers who wanted a cyan to replace Prussian Blue.
Description: Bocour Blue, Cyan Blue, Helio Blue, Heliogen Blue, Intense Blue, Monastral Blue, Phthalocyanine Blue, Rembrandt Blue, Thalo Blue, Winsor Blue, Phthalo Blue (RS).

Cobalt Green

Pigment code: PG50
Type: inorganic
Chemical name: cobalt titanium oxide
Chemical formula: Co2TiO4
Properties: Cobalt Titanium Oxide is a low intensity color with a weak tinting strength, similar to Cobalt Blue. It has an average to fast drying time.
Permanence: Cobalt Green has excellent permanence and lightfastness.
Toxicity: Cobalt Green is considered toxic due to its cobalt component. Do not breathe its dust.
History: Since ancient times, smalt blue has been used to color glass and ceramics. Cobalt salts, which give smalt its characteristic blue color, were identified in the 18th century. Techniques for manufacturing various cobalt salts, offering a range of blues and greens, were developed in the 19th century.
Description: Cobalt Teal, Cobalt Turquoise, Light Green Oxide

Phthalo Green

Pigment code: PG36
Type: organic
Chemical name: polybromopolychlorinated copper(II) phthalocyanine
Chemical formula: C32H3Cl13CuN8 to C32HCl15CuN8 or C32H16CuN8Cl15 (PG7) or C32Br6Cl10CuN8 (PG36)
Properties: Phthalo Green is a transparent, cool, bright, high intensity color used in oil and acrylics. It comes from a Phthalocyanine Blue pigment where most of the hydrogen atoms have been replaced with chlorine, forming highly stable molecules. Pigment PG36 differs from PG7 in that a portion of the chlorine atoms are replaced with bromine atoms, which are reactively similar, but cause a yellow shift that is especially noticeable in mixtures. Phthalo Green has similar pigment properties and permanence to Phthalo Blue. It is slow drying and an excellent base color for mixing a range of bright greens. Phthalo Green is considered a very good alternative to Viridian because it is intense and mixes well and can be used to emphasize mineral colors in various tints. However, its tinting strength is very high, so it can overpower other colors. This pigment most closely resembles the discontinued and toxic Verdigris.
Permanence: Phthalo Greens are completely lightfast and resistant to alkali, acids, solvents, heat, and ultraviolet radiation. They are currently used in inks, coatings, and many plastics due to their stability and are considered a standard pigment in printing ink and the packaging industry.
Toxicity: Phthalo Green has no significant hazards, but it contained PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) until 1982.
History: This bright blue-green was developed in 1935 and has been in use since 1938.
Description: Bocour Green, Cyan Green, Intense Green, Monastral Green, Phthalocyanine Green, Rembrandt Green, Thalo Green, Winsor Green.

Dioxazine Violet

Pigment code: PV23RS
Type: organic
Chemical name: carbazole dioxazine
Chemical formula: C34H22Cl2N4O2
Properties: Dioxazine Violet is transparent and has very high tinting strength. It is a staining pigment, very dark valued when it is used at full strength. Concentrated, it paints out nearly black, but it mixes with Titanium White to form bright, opaque tints of purple. Pigment PV23 produces slightly redder shades than PV37. Because the hue can vary with the conditions of preparation and grinding, it may be offered in red shade, blue shade, and so forth. PV23RS is a preparation of PV23 that tends to reddish hue.
Permanence: Dioxazine Violet has good lightfastness. There may be some concern about it fading or shifting in color in tints and washes. Some artists have reported that PV37, a molecular variant, is more lightfast than PV23.
History: Two molecular variants of Dioxazine Violet, PV23 and PV37, are available. They have similar properties, but mix slightly differently.
Description: Dioxazine Purple, Chromothal Violet, Mauve, Carbazole Violet.