Schmincke’s Supergranulation Watercolours contain a combination of naturally granulating pigments which separate and settle into the paper surface for textural effects. After the popularity of the Galaxy, Glacier, and Deep Sea colours, Forest and Tundra colours have been added to the Supergranulation range.
An Overview of Schmincke’s New Supergranulation Colours
In July, Schmincke launched a new range of super granulating watercolour paints from their professional Horadam range. It consists of three colour groups (Galaxy, Glacier, and Deep Sea), with five colours in each group. The principle of combining at least two pigments with a natural tendency to granulate was used as the basis for the limited edition. Read more about the colours included in the range in this article.
Now the Schmincke Supergranulation Watercolour range has been extended and 10 new colours within two new ranges have been produced – Forest and Tundra.
Schmincke Supergranulation Watercolours – Forest Series
No wonder the series is named Forest: all of the colours have a green main tone or component.
Forest Olive
Pigments: PY43, PG18, PBr7
A warm, transparent colour with an olive yellow main tone, with greenish-brown highlights, perfect for rendering light.
Forest Green
Pigments: PG19, PBr33
A dense, saturated and the only fully opaque colour in the Forest range. In granulation, it splits into shades of green and brown, but the base colour is a neutral cool green close to the classic cobalt green.
Forest Blue
Pigments: PB36, PBk11
A very beautiful pure blue-green colour, unambiguously cool. The strong granulation characteristics of all colours in this range is shown here in the form of streaks like the texture of green marble.
Forest Brown
Pigments: PY43, PG26, PBr7
A neutral brown-green, which splits into brown and green pigments. The shade of green in this colour is warmer than in the Forest Green, and the green shows up more in the granulation than the brown.
Forest Grey
Pigments: PG50, PBr7, PBk11
A warm grey-brown colour consisting of three pigments, of which the green one is the least and the brown one the most visible.
Anna’s painting using the Schmincke Horadam Watercolour Paint Supergranulation Forest Set 15 ml
Schmincke’s Supergranulation Watercolours – Tundra Series
The name Tundra reflects the subjects best suited for painting in this range, which are dusty and hard landscapes, as well as very natural paintings with subtle and complex multi-component shades.
Tundra Orange
Pigments: PY43, PR233, PBr7
Oranges belong to the colours that are the hardest to make to granulate, and this orange is a stunning shade similar to burnt bricks, but not as bright. Tundra Orange is a dusty red-orange, very beautiful and warm in pure form. In addition, an important feature is that it mixes very well with the blue shades into a very complex, unusual and rich grey colour.
Tundra Pink
Pigments: PB29, PR233
This is the second pink in the supergranulating range – and it is much cooler than the same colour from the Galaxy range. By the use of different pigments (PV16 PBr33 in Galaxy vs PB29 PR233 in Tundra), they differ not only in colour temperature, but also in opacity: Tundra Pink is totally transparent, while Galaxy Pink is semi-transparent.
Tundra Violet
Pigments: PB29, PBr6
Tundra Violet breaks up into stunning shades of blue-brown. Up close, you can see that this colour is made up of blue and brown pigments, but looking a little further away, the illusion of purple is created. Magic!
Tundra Blue
Pigments: PB29, PBr7
There are blue colours in all five super granulation series, and they are all different. In Tundra, the blue is darker and cooler, and goes more into a shade of purple. Like the whole Tundra Series, it is the most dusty and dim colour, and it has the calm, stark beauty of a dusky sky.
Tundra Green
Pigments: PG19, PBr6
A hue that splits into green and brown, and the brown is slightly more visible than the green one. At the same time, the colour itself is warm.
Anna’s painting using the Schmincke Horadam Watercolour Paint Supergranulation Tundra Set 15 ml
Further Reading
What is Watercolour Granulation?
How Da Vinci Watercolour Brushes are Made
Review of Jackson’s Artist Watercolours
Painting a Mountatin Landscape in Watercolour
Why Schmincke Horadam has 20 Different Green Watercolours
Which Colours Are on Your Palette? Five Watercolour Landscape Painters Respond.
Schmincke Aqua Drop: Liquid Watercolour That Can Be Used Undiluted
Schmincke Horadam Supergranulation Watercolours on jacksonsart.com
Wonderful colors!
Why can’t they be pre-ordered outside of the
UK?
Hi Tanja, apologies for the delay getting back to you. I’m afraid we cannot currently allow pre-orders outside of the UK, but these colours are now available to order!
The new colours in the Super granulation
series are just fantastic. When will we be
able to buy then as normal watercolours,
not the granulation type? I can’t wait!
Thanks
Pam
Hi Pam, I’m afraid these colours are only available as super-granulation colours. This is because of the granulating nature of the particular pigments used.
I cannot find details of how to buy the
granulated watercolour range
Hi Patricia,
If you follow this link and scroll to the bottom of the page you will see the granulating colours there. Thanks!
So excited about these new colors! Can’t
wait for these to come back in stock, I
can’t find them anywhere!
Hi Nicole, we have the colours in stock at the moment! You can find them at the bottom of the colour chart here
hello, I’m looking to purchase a wood box set
of watercolor brushes from encode but
cannot buy it from here, in the United States.
Can I purchase this particular item through
you? Please let me know. Item #787000000
Watercolor Box Set S.1322-1430-1530.
Wooden box watercolor brushes. Thank you.
Dear Marieta,
This is the only watercolour brush set by Escoda we offer in a wooden box – https://www.jacksonsart.com/escoda-reserva-kolinsky-tajmyr-series-1212-set-of-6-in-wooden-box
If this is not the right one, please do contact the shop as they may be able to special order the item for you. https://www.jacksonsart.com/contacts
Many thanks
Lisa