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Daniel Smith Michael Solovyev’s Master Artist Watercolor Set 285610422 – Artist Watercolor Set, 10 Colors

Brand: DANIEL SMITH
The Daniel Smith Michael Solovyev’s Master Artist Watercolor Set is a balanced, artist-grade watercolor palette designed for versatility and control. Featuring 10 carefully selected colors with a warm–cool balance, it allows artists to create a wide color range suitable for most watercolor subjects.
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Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors are widely recognized as some of the finest artist-grade watercolors available. Handcrafted in the USA since 1993, they are known for their exceptional pigment load, excellent lightfastness, and superior handling qualities.

Curated by watercolor artist Michael Solovyev, this Master Artist Set reflects his philosophy of efficiency and balance. While his personal palette often consists of nine colors, this set expands to ten to achieve optimal harmony between warm and cool hues, offering greater flexibility without unnecessary complexity.

The palette supports clean mixing, smooth transitions, and strong tonal control, making it ideal for artists who want consistency, depth, and creative freedom from a compact selection.

🎨 The set includes 10 colors of 5 ml each:

  • India Yellow
  • Quinacridone Deep Gold
  • Quinacridone Sienna
  • Alizarin Crimson
  • Perylene Violet
  • Moonglow
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Phthalo Blue (Green Shade)
  • Phthalo Green (Blue Shade)
  • Indigo

👉 Features:

  • Artist-grade extra fine watercolors
  • Balanced warm and cool color selection
  • High pigment concentration
  • Excellent mixing and layering performance
  • Outstanding lightfastness (ASTM rated)
  • Suitable for a wide range of subjects
  • Handcrafted in the USA
  • Curated by a master watercolor artist

👍 Ideal for:

  • Landscape, portrait, and urban watercolor
  • Illustrators and fine artists
  • Artists seeking a logical, efficient palette
  • Expressive and controlled watercolor painting

Inspiration Tip:

Combine India Yellow and Quinacridone Deep Gold for luminous base layers, then deepen form and atmosphere using Moonglow, Perylene Violet, and Indigo through wet-in-wet techniques.

 

🎨 Why artist-grade materials matter

Artist-grade doesn’t mean “only for professionals.”
It means cleaner materials, predictable behavior and a better creative experience — for everyone.

When you work with artist-grade paints, it’s easier to understand:

  • how color flows
  • how it mixes
  • how it reacts to water and paper

This makes the creative process clearer, more enjoyable and far less frustrating.

🧠 Better materials = better learning

Artist-grade materials use pure pigments, not fillers that dull or distort color.
What you see on the paper is real color behavior — not a compromise.

This helps:

  • beginners learn with confidence
  • crafters grow creatively
  • artists work with control

🎨 It’s not about level — it’s about experience

You don’t have to “earn” good materials.
Good materials are the ones that:

  • teach you the medium
  • encourage experimentation
  • make you want to keep creating

That’s why children, beginners and hobby creators often benefit even more from artist-grade supplies.

🌱 Creating without friction

When the material works as it should:

  • you stop fighting the paint
  • you stop questioning yourself
  • you enjoy the process

Creation becomes play, learning and expression — all at once.

Our philosophy at Scraps n Pieces

At Scraps n Pieces, we believe that:

artist-grade materials don’t just elevate results —
they elevate the joy of creating.

And that joy should be accessible to everyone.