Black & White Warbler and M Graham Watercolors

Well, you win some and you learn some. I had a paint accident with an M Graham watercolor tube (the honey and pigment separated in the highland green).  I was able to mix it (mostly) but globs of it got everywhere.  You can still see wads of honey in the background.  Not one of my favorite pictures (it scans nicer than it looks in real life).

                                  M Graham Watercolor 14x10 on 200 lbs paper

                         Watercolor under painting with the elusive Ghost Warbler


M Graham Watercolor

Below is my new M Graham only travel box.  I have found that the Northwest blackberry honey that they use as a vehicle is not good to take to the Caribbean.  The honey-based paint liquifies and goes everywhere in your travel box.  Some colors never really dry but remain liquid (some colors below take up the entire bin while others have a sort of rough shape to them).  I will be using this in studio and will try them on a cold day outside.

• Row 1
• Bismuth Yellow
• Quinacridone Rose
• Scarlet Pyrrol
• Yellow Ochre
• Nickel Quinacridone Gold (large Pan)
• Burnt Sienna
• Row 2
• Cobalt Violet
• Dioxazine Purple
• Cobalt Teal
• Cobalt Blue
• Tartan Blue (limited edition
• Anthraquinone Blue
• Row 3
• Permanent Green Pale (large pan)
• Cobalt Green
• Sap Green (large pan)
• Highland Green (limited edition)
• Neutral Tint

Photo reference: Black and White Warbler; Living Bird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) Autumn 2016; vol: 35, issue 4 cover (photo by Guillerno Santos)