[alt-photo] Re: Tri-Color Starter Colors: Gum and Caesin

[Jim Larimer]

I agree that Daniel Smith is a great name to print with! But, I have also
had very good luck with WN, Holbein, Schminke and (Gasp!) Grumbacher! I
still use Grumbacher Academy Charcoal Grey as my favorite black. Here are
some prints with those pigments:  http://flickr.com/gp/jim_larimer/731f2S
Jim

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Judy Seigel <jseigel at panix.com> wrote:

>
> The last time I bought Daniel Smith paint was probably 10 years ago, or
> possibly 15 -- but at that time you bought it by phone or mail order
> directly from Daniel Smith, somewhere in the far far West -- ooops, HEY ! I
> just found the catalog, exactly where I left it:  I see it can't have been
> as long ago as it seems: At least they sent me "Winter and Spring Sale
> Catalog, 2006."
>
> And it's in Seattle.  Phone 800-426-6740
>
> Meanwhile, I join in recommending their paint. The prices (are/were) good,
> the colors fine, and the paint quality excellent.
>
> They probably don't send free catalogs overseas, but if you can get one,
> this one includes two plus pages of swatches of the colors -- small enough
> to squeeze in a couple of hundred, large enough to give some sense of the
> color.
>
>
> J.
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