Granulating Power is designed for artists who love watercolour when it refuses to remain flat and predictable. Larger pigment particles settle into the texture of the paper, creating natural shifts, speckles, sediment and broken passages reminiscent of stone, soil, moss, weathered walls and clouds. Each wash develops its own movement and may continue to transform as it dries.
The four PrimaTek colours are made from natural minerals, and each behaves in a distinctly different way. Serpentine Genuine shifts from luminous yellow-green to darker granulating spots, Sodalite Genuine moves between soft blue-grey and deep near-black blue, Piemontite Genuine produces warm red-browns with violet and earthy variation, while Hematite Genuine leaves iron-rich grey and brown sediment. Lunar Black completes the palette with one of Daniel Smith’s most dramatic granulating effects.
The mixtures are just as expressive as the individual colours. Serpentine with Piemontite creates muted olives and natural earthy greens for woodland and dry foliage. Hematite with Sodalite produces stormy slate greys for stone, roads, roofs and heavy skies, while a small amount of Lunar Black cools and deepens almost any mixture. It is a compact palette with remarkable range for paintings that need depth, atmosphere and a strong sense of material texture.
👉 Features:
- Professional watercolour stick set by Daniel Smith
- Palette selected by artist Rajat Subhra Bandopadhyay
- Includes 5 Watercolor Sticks
- Contains 4 mineral-based PrimaTek colours
- Includes highly granulating Lunar Black
- Designed for granulation, texture, depth and atmospheric mixing
- Each stick contains approximately the same amount of paint as 3 full pans
- Can be used dry or activated with water
- Apply directly to paper or lift colour with a wet brush
- Suitable for painting, drawing, scribbling, washes and mark-making
- Ideal for studio, plein-air and travel use
- 5 sticks for the price of 4
- Includes a translucent plastic storage case with snap lid
- Case separates into 5 individual compartments
- Each stick contains approximately 12.3 ml of colour
🎨 The set includes:
- Serpentine Genuine: a natural yellow-green PrimaTek colour that separates into luminous green passages and darker granulating speckles. Excellent for moss, foliage, grass, lichen and organic surfaces.
- Sodalite Genuine: a deep mineral blue that dilutes to soft blue-grey while leaving darker sediment in the paper texture. Ideal for night skies, distant mountains, stone, shadows and atmospheric neutrals.
- Lunar Black: a transparent black with extremely powerful granulation. Its pigment gathers into dramatic textured marks, adding character to rocks, roads, walls, clouds and deep shadows without creating a flat black area.
- Piemontite Genuine: a complex earthy red PrimaTek with brown, burgundy and violet shifts. Beautiful for rust, autumn landscapes, tree trunks, roof tiles, rocky surfaces and warm shadow.
- Hematite Genuine: a mineral grey-brown made from genuine hematite, with distinctive iron-like sediment and strong granulating behaviour. Excellent for stone, soil, walls, bark, aged metal and architectural detail.
👍 Ideal for:
Watercolour painting, granulation techniques, landscapes, mountains, rocks, forests, urban sketching, weathered buildings, architecture, night skies, stormy atmospheres, autumn subjects, nature journals, plein-air painting, travel journals, mixed media, natural texture and expressive mark-making.
✨ Inspiration Tip:
Work on cold-pressed or rough paper to maximise the granulation. Begin with Sodalite Genuine in the sky and allow it to merge with a little Lunar Black for clouds and distant shadow. Use Hematite Genuine and Piemontite Genuine across rocks, walls and roofs, then introduce Serpentine Genuine for moss and foliage. Avoid overmixing; use generous water and allow the pigment particles to settle naturally as the wash dries.
