Over the last 10 months I had tests of 3 watercolor varnishes hanging in the window for testing and have just published the results on Patreon as an early access. It's one of the perks of Patrons of the watercolor database.

Link to article: https://www.patreon.com/sunandcolors

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Tested laminating watercolours and how they hold up to light.
There is a full blog post for anyone interested with scans, link in bio.

Summary: laminating won't destroy your painting, it will look fine, great for bookmarks, but it does not protect your art from fading if you use fugitive colours.

In the watercolour database you can look up how your colours could change with time: https://sunandcolors.com/ there have been many additions lately.

Have fun!

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Busy day! I did not paint, but used my energy to add more swatches to sunandcolors.com ! We have 868 colors now in the database with most already being tested for lightfastness.

Today the results for handmade paints were uploaded. Most made by my friends, who create their paints with love and passion. They have amazing quality, often rare pigments and are made for artists by artists.

Link to the database in bio.

Also... I got more to Swatch for the collection!

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Another little update: I've added the results of an independent lightfastness test of the Lukas Aquarell 1862 watercolours to the database.

Check out sunandcolors.com to see them as well as information on pigments, binder and properties of watercolours.

Clickable link in bio. 😉

Have a great day!

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Hi friends!

The newest addition to the watercolour world were the super granulating colours by Schmincke. On my channel is a review of the Galaxy colours went online today. If you're curious, check it out: https://m.youtube.com/lanagoesart/

The swatches were also added to the watercolor database https://sunandcolors.com/ type "super" in the search bar to see them all. We also have minor updates there!

Have an awesome day my nerdy art friends!

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If you are a traditional artist and a little nerdy or just curious about your paints, then I have something for you: sunandcolors.com

It's a library of watercolour swatches with pigment information, properties and the results of a lightfastness test. It's still growing and what really excites me: it's turning into a community project.

Latest update: we've added the full range of Mijello Mission Gold to the database.

Enjoy!

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Today I had a little update on sunandcolors.com a ressource for watercolor artists. Almost the full range of White Nights was added to the database including the results of the lightfastness test for most of them. The newest colours are being tested right now.

The site is still growing and more updates will come soon. If you find this tool helpful, spread the word.
btw. It's free and is intended as a ressource for artists. Enjoy!

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