This is my custom built Daniel Smith paint box! I bought the watercolour tin with 24 empty full pans. When it arrived I noticed that I had space to fit in 8 half pans as well, so my DS paint box has 32 colours in it in total. Filling the pans is a slightly fiddly process and takes time – it took me several weeks! I filled the pans in layers and it took about 3 – 4 layers to fill each pan. You have to leave each layer to dry before adding the next – this can take several days, sometimes up to a week! But it was all worth the time and effort.
I now have a lovely set of Daniel Smith paints that is easily portable when I travel. The paints re-wet very easily and I’ve used my DS paint box quite a lot already as you may have noticed from the picture above…
As it’s not obvious what all the colours are from the above photo, I did a quick colour chart:
From left to right, the colours are as follows:
Top Row: Buff Titanium, Naples Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Hansa Yellow Medium, Permanent Orange, Cadmium Red Medium, Perylene Red, Quinacridone Coral
2nd Row: Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Quinacridone Rose, Cobalt Violet Deep, Carbazole Violet, Lavender, Indigo, Prussian Blue, Cerulean Blue Chromium
3rd Row: Phthalo Blue Green Shade, French Ultramarine, Manganese Blue Hue, Cobalt Teal Blue, Ultramarine Turquoise, Phthalo Green Blue Shade, Viridian, Prussian Green
4th Row: Cascade Green, Rich Green Gold, Raw Sienna Light, Yellow Ochre, Quinacridone Gold, Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet, Sepia, Paynes Blue Gray
This is quite a comprehensive set of colours and suits my needs. I can pretty much mix all the colours I should need whilst sketching on my travels. You’ll notice there are quite a few blues and greens – they are my ocean colours – I have to have them! I love the ocean and all things related. I love sketching “seaside stuff” when I’m on my travels…
Nice! I have three Meedin boxes, each for a different situation. I have an all WN one on the go right now. The box is PINK 😳 to differentiate from the others. Yours is VERY tidy! Enjoy your portability, Evelyn. I won’t be painting for a bit 😫 as I am having some surgery tomorrow
Thank you Carolynn – I am currently creating a W & N box too, it’s about three quaters done. I’ve had to carefully plan both paint boxes so they complement each other but are still great to use independently! I hope your surgery goes well…
Very nice!! I love your set. Isn’t it fun to get them swatched and organized?!!!
Thank you Holly – yes it was great fun filling all the pans and organizing them… !
It looks like a good thing to work from.
Thank you Sandy – it’s wonderful to work ftom…
Oh how fun! Love a brandie new pan!!!
Thank you Jodi – it now means I don’t have to take a box full of tubes with me when I travel! It was great fun to put together…
Yummy paints!
Yes, they are lovely… !