Mission Gold Watercolour Open Stock

The super-premium watercolours that comprise this line were designed with the help of expert watercolour artists to mirror the pure, rich colours from nature's palette. Only the most progressive and highest-quality pigments worldwide are selected for use. In the continual strive for perfection, many colours were recently reformulated for superior lightfastness, so Mission Gold will better preserve your artwork's original vivacity.

Mission Gold disperses quickly, beautifully, and evenly in the water, allowing the artist to better experience multi-dimensional objects' true depth and perspective. With more pigment and no thickener, a little colour goes a long way, and tiny colour shifts from wet to dry. For watercolour as vibrant as nature, go beyond your ordinary watercolour. Mission Gold is the watercolour that listens to you.

Tip:* BRIGHT COLOURS VS COMPOSE COLOURS.

Bright colours are very intense and, while suitable for design work, have a lower light fastness rating than their counterparts. Compose colours that are more desirable for professional watercolour painting.

Silicon dioxide, a thickening agent, used in the manufacturing of watercolour paints, has an adverse effect on the clarity of colours in that it is incapable of dissolving in water. This property prohibits the even spread of paint as pigments cling to these solids and will appear granular on paper. This effect, known as Phenol Phenomenon, causes the solidification and caking of pigments, decreasing colour vibrancy and transparency. In creating this watercolour, the researchers at Mijello developed a process to make paints naturally viscous and free of any thickening agent. The result is a chromatically pure and intense colour, even when mixed with other Mission colours.

For example, the visible differences between smooth and rough skin are easily distinguished with a microscope.  A person’s complexion appears unclear and uneven when the skin contains excess keratin. After exfoliating, the skin tone becomes more even, and the complexion becomes clearer. Similarly, paint colours can appear muddy when they contain lumpy granules of pigments. Hence, watercolour paint without a thickening agent can achieve excellent transparency, vividness and smooth flow.