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Artist Guide to the Color Wheel
A color wheel is a fantastic tool for an artist, and one doesn't need an advanced understanding of color theory to use it. If your paintings often look muddy or lack contrast or you struggle with mixing colors, begin by building a palette step-by-step using Da Vinci Paints’ colors and mixes from the color wheel.
Spotlight on Da Vinci Orange
Learn all about the color orange and the advantages in having orange as a secondary color in an artist palette. We also share tips on how to use single-pigment Da Vinci Orange Artist Watercolor (PO73) when painting along with common mixes using orange.
Da Vinci Paints Ambassador Debra Huse
Introducing Da Vinci Paints Ambassador Artist Debra Huse and the launch of Debra’s custom-curated Keep You Out of Trouble 8-color oil palette that contains three new Da Vinci professional oil colors.
Artist’s Guide to the Color Index
If you’ve been around the artist paint world for any amount of time, you’ve likely heard references to odd letters and numbers like PG7 and PV19. The pigment color index is the key to these mysterious code names for colors. We share what the color index is, how to understand it, and why it’s important for artists to know about the color index.
Spotlight on Da Vinci Roses & Reds
Da Vinci Paints offers artists a wide variety of brilliant, professional-grade pinks, roses, fuchsias, crimsons, and reds, and many of these are crafted using quinacridone pigments. Learn about and compare the different quinacridone-based roses and reds that Da Vinci offers so you can find a quin (or five) that you love!
Gift Ideas for Artists
Give the gift of creativity this season or any time throughout the year with these colorful Da Vinci Paints gift ideas for artists that are handmade in the USA.
New Da Vinci Artist Oil Colors
Da Vinci Paints has added 10 exciting new artist colors to our professional oil paints. In this post, we explore each new oil color along with how it compares to other Da Vinci artist colors.
Da Vinci Artist Earth Colors
From rich reds to golden ochres to the darkest browns, earth colors comprise a wide range of choices for artists. We’ve put together a brief guide to earth colors for artists so you can choose the best Da Vinci earth tones for your palette.
Mixing Made Easy with Convenience Colors
All about Da Vinci Paints convenience colors along with tips for choosing, mixing, and painting with multi-pigment watercolor, oil, and acrylic paints.
Mixing Colors with Da Vinci Summer Watercolor Set
Learn about Da Vinci Paints Summer Watercolor Set, a full 6-color watercolor palette, and how to use these colors to create mixes that can be used all year long. Also, we share ideas for incorporating these amazing colors into your own artist palette!
Da Vinci Paints Ambassador Paul Jackson
Introducing Da Vinci Paints Ambassador Artist Paul Jackson along with Paul’s Wandering Watercolorist 20-color watercolor palette and customized convenience color, Jackson Blue.
Fresh Watercolor Palettes for Spring
Da Vinci Paints Bright Spring Watercolor Set and Light Spring Watercolor Set each contain 6 professional colors and are custom curated to work independently, or combine both palettes for a 12-color combination that’s perfect for spring or any season.
Da Vinci Paints Ambassador Charlie O’Shields
All about Da Vinci Paints Ambassador Artist Charlie O’Shields, the creator of Doodlewash and Sketching Stuff and also the founder of World Watercolor Month. Join us as Charlie talks about his creative process along with his custom Da Vinci paint color, Charlie O’Blue, and his curated Da Vinci watercolor sets.
Embrace Opacity with Artist Denise Soden
Embrace Opacity is a unique 12-color watercolor palette by Da Vinci Paints Ambassador Artist Denise Soden that contains a complementary collection of semi-opaque to opaque colors.
Da Vinci Paints Ambassador Joyce Hicks
Featuring Da Vinci Paint Ambassador Artist Joyce Hicks, an award winning artist, a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, and the curator of several popular Da Vinci Paint palettes and personalized colors.
Spotlight on Da Vinci Titan Buff
All about Da Vinci Titan Buff artist watercolor, a uniquely formulated white pigment that’s perfect for nature sketching, portrait painting, and for softening palette colors.