Aquarell colour set HORADAM „Ginkgo“ 20 x 1/2 pans

Schmincke HORADAM Aquarell „Ginkgo“ (20 x 1/2 pans)
is an exclusive, limited-edition artist-quality watercolor set. This set features the winning artwork from the brand's creative contest, with a beautiful ginkgo motif created by Spanish artist María Botella adorning the lid of the stylish metal box.
This curated set uniquely combines classic traditions with modern textures, containing 12 standard professional shades and 8 special supergranulating colors.

Features and Color Palette:
Highest Pigmentation and Lightfastness: Formulated using only the purest, premium artist pigments. This ensures maximum color brilliance, clean mixing properties, and archival results that remain vibrant for decades.
Kordofani Gum Arabic Binder: Sourced from the Southern Sahara region, this premium natural binder ensures a smooth, consistent paint flow. It allows dried paint on your palette to be easily reactivated with just a wet brush. 
4-Fold Pan Pouring Process: Each half pan is filled with liquid watercolor in four separate stages, allowing the paint to dry and settle over several weeks. This meticulous process guarantees ultimate color concentration and unmatched yields.
Unique Selection of 20 Tones: The palette includes 12 classic essential mixing tones for landscapes and natural elements, combined with 8 distinct supergranulating colors. When dry, these granulating paints separate into multi-tonal, striking textures directly on the paper.
Practical & Compact Design: The sturdy metal tin comes with an integrated fold-out mixing palette and a convenient thumb ring on the base for a secure grip while painting. It also features 4 empty slots, allowing room to expand the palette with your own favorite colors.

Usage
The Schmincke Horadam Ginkgo Watercolor Set is engineered specifically for painting on high-end watercolor papers. Thanks to its rich, earth-toned and organic selection, it is perfectly suited for: Landscape Painting & Nature Motifs: Ideal for rendering organic woodland, mountain, and botanical illustrations.
Wet-on-Wet Technique: Perfect for giving supergranulating particles the water volume they need to shift freely, generating stunning natural textures.
Glazing & Detailed Layering: Excellent for building up layer-upon-layer washes due to the clean transparency of the core colors.
Plein Air & Travel Painting: A lightweight, compact setup (approx. 20 x 6 x 3 cm) that fits neatly into any field artist’s bag.

Product Advantages:
Two-in-One Functionality: Combines both everyday foundational colors and Schmincke's famous, specialized texture-effect granulating paints within a single palette.
Exceptional Flow Control: The formulation minimizes excessive paint bleeding, giving you total control over fine lines even on soft rag papers.
Collectible Art Design: The limited-edition María Botella "Ginkgo" metal tin turns this set into a highly desirable collector's piece and a premium gift for fine artists.
Outstanding Yield: Due to the dense concentration of pure pigments, a tiny touch of a damp brush releases intense, highly responsive color payoffs.
Made in Germany: Crafted following the most rigorous professional production standards in Germany since 1881.

Product Disadvantages:
Premium Price Point: As a part of Schmincke’s flagship professional Horadam series, it represents a much higher financial investment compared to the student-grade Akademie or school-grade lines.
Paper Dependent: The supergranulating effects and clean washes require high-quality, cold-pressed or rough cotton watercolor paper. The granulating textures will flatten or lose their impact on smooth or cheap wood-pulp papers.
Strictly Limited Quantities: Being a special artist contest edition, market quantities are highly restricted and the item will not be restocked once sold out.

Included Colors / Shades in the Set
Standard Pro Colors:
209 – Transparent Yellow
351 – Ruby Red
371 – Perylene Violet
482 – Delft Blue
494 – Ultramarine Finest
499 – Cobalt Cerulean
519 – Phthalo Green
530 – Sap Green
653 – Transparent Sienna
656 – Yellow Raw Ochre
665 – Green Umber
784 – Perylene Green
Supergranulating Colors:
983 – Tundra Violet
967 – Haze Blue
954 – Deep Sea Green
936 – Urban Green
932 – Shire Olive
944 – Forest Brown
926 – Urban Red
965 – Glacier Black

 

98.50