Something a bit different today – I used to do A LOT of watercolor painting in my youth (I learned most of the basics from my father, he was quite good at it and today I treasure his color sets and brushes). I also like watercolor for writing and I’m not sure why I don’t use them more often – the subtle variations in color hues can look so charming. Probably because I’m not the biggest fan of loading nibs with a brush, which is a must if I use watercolor pans (which are what I’ve been using, again, since my teens). :: When I recently saw the granulating watercolors by @schmincke_official, I was pretty hooked – so many interesting blues! They are only available in tubes – and I thought, so I can easily convert them in “dippable” inks like I do with gouache (simply mix an amount of your tube color with water in a small container and just dip away!). I chose a set of blues plus some warm shades to complement them and for mixing neutrals. Here are the first quick color swatches – and for reference, the »Tundra Braun« is actually the »Gletscher Braun« (Glacier Brown, sorry)! :: Regarding how the behave with a pointed pen: in this very quick first test I noticed that some colors worked much better regarding ink control, hair lines etc. – as I’ve seen this happen with gouache too, I guess it depends on the actual pigments how well a color is suited for writing. Pigments that are heavier or less fine are more difficult to work with in my (totally personal and unscientific) experience – the tones that worked better were generally the blues, while the brown was the one that gave the thickest hairlines and was more difficult to control blot-wise … more experimenting to come, I must try this also with other tools – I guess glass pens could do nicely here, or quills. :: And no, it’s not a sponsored post – just a review ☺️! #calligraphy #kalligraphie #kalligrafie #caligrafia #supergranulation #supergranulationwatercolors #colorswatches #watercolorswatches #aquarellfarbe #aquarellfarben #aquarellfarbentest #calligraphywithwatercolors #schmincke #horadam #horadamaquarell #calligraphypractice #letterlove #handwriting #handschrift #flourishforum #federflugcalligraphy https://www.instagram.com/p/CPwUoKRgOUX/?utm_medium=tumblr
