I've received a number of lovely samples of handmade watercolour paint from Arkansas USA, some of which are sold on an Etsy site
Rivervale Watercolor, others are not. It is a fabulous collection of natural and synthetic pigments to be able to test, and I am very grateful to Elizabeth, along with the many others who have sent me samples over the last 5 years. They are labelled with pigment supplier and pigment numbers where known.
Available for sale (please note - this list was sent a while ago - before I broke my wrist last year - and may well have changed. I will update in the captions if necessary).
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Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Titanium White, Buff Titanium, Benzimazolone Yellow, Pyrrol Red, Quinacridone Red.
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Quinacridone Magenta, Ultramarine Pink, Manganese Violet, Carbazole Violet, Ultramarine Violet. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), Mayan Blue, Verdigris Green Hue. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Mayan Green, Phthalo Green (Blue Shade), Nicosia Green Earth, Chromium Green, Verona Green Earth. |
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Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Lemon Yellow Ochre, Yellow Ochre (Yellow Oxide), Raw Sienna, Italian Brown Ochre (Goethite), French Pink Clay.
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Luberon Burnt Sienna, Luberon Orange Ochre, Armenian Mummy Red Light, Ercolano Red, Venetian Red. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Pink Pipestone (Catlinite), Armenian Crimson Ochre, Red Hematite, Potter's Pink, Augite Porphyry Violet Light Ochre. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Violet Hematite, Luberon Raw Umber, Cyprus Burnt Umber, General's Black Graphite. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Lamp Black, Genera's Charcoal, Bone Black. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Silver Mica, Gold Mica, Copper Mica, Pearl White Mica. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Phantom Rose (Interference Red), PHtantom Fire (Interference Copper), Phantom Fae Gold (Interference Gold) and Phantom Sunrise (Interference Orange) |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolours - Phantom Magic (Interference Violet), Phantom Moonlight (Interference Blue), Phantom Turquoise (Interference Turquoise) Phantom Jade (Interference Green) |
Not for sale
These pigments may have been too expensive, out of stock, difficult to get hold of or not of interest to make more, but they are shown here as it is so helpful to know what pigments from various suppliers actually look like when made into paint.
I love the orange made with PO36!
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Nite Glow, Cadmium Yellow Oight, Golden Arylide, Permanent Orange, Cadmium Red Light. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Perylene Scarlet, Naphthol Vermilion, Cadmium Red Medium, Perylene Maroon, Perylene Crimson. |
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Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Cadmium Red, Carmine, Carmine Nacarat, Alizarin Crimson, Quinacridone Violet.
This is a beautiful ultramarine! The Cobalt Blue Light looks more like a phthalo blue pigment. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue Dark, Cobalt Aluminate Blue, Cobalt Blue Light, Indigo Genuine (NB1?). |
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Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Cobalt Green (home made pigment), Nickol Azo Dark, Vicenza Earth, Quinacridone Gold, Red Bole.
I may be a little biased, but I love the Australian Reef Clay. Like Piemontite in fabulous granulation.
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Terre Pozzouli, Italian Burnt Sienna, Pink Ochre, Rosewood, Australian Reef Clay. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Quinacridone Russet, Red Hot HFT, Red Oxide, Red Ochre Dark, Wineberry Ochre |
These are so rich!
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Mars Violet, Caput Mortuum, Red Oxide Blue Shade, Cote d'Azur Violet, Nicosia Burnt Umber. |
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| Rivervale Handmade Watercolour Samples - Green Umber, Natural Silver Graphite, Vine Black. |
There are more to come - lovely natural stone and earth pigments, including Cinnabar and a beautiful Lapis Lazuli - so I'll update this post soon.
