Like many watercolor artists who have been painting for years, over time I have honed my watercolor palette to a few ‘go to’ pigments with qualities that seem to work for the way I wish to paint. But for the most part, I would just purchase whatever good quality pigments were available. So when I began discussing with DANIEL SMITH the idea of recreating my palette with their own beautiful pigments, I was literally amazed to discover how many improvements could be made. I tend to work very wet and emphasize the need for transparency and the desire to see the sediment of the pigments settle in the more textured papers I prefer. But in exploring my new colors from DANIEL SMITH, I discovered that not only could I achieve the granularity, the clarity, and the transparency toward which I gravitate, but could also realize a significant improvement in these qualities as well in lightfastness, tonal consistency and intensity of tone. In short, DANIEL SMITH watercolors are a revelation and a complete joy to use. They mix beautifully, hold their tone and intensity like none other, and are amazingly consistent -relieving any concern about color or tonal shifts from one use to the next.   —托馬斯·沙勒