Palette di Pietra Watercolour — Genuine Gemstone Watercolour Set

The Palette di Pietra watercolour set is a collection of six genuine gemstone watercolours, each ground by hand in our studio from real semi-precious stone, never dyed, never imitated. Three blues come from a single lapis lazuli, a cool green from malachite, and two warm earths from red and yellow jasper. Because the pigment is genuine stone, the colour behaves as no synthetic can. It lays down transparent and luminous, the light passing through the pigment and reflecting off the paper, and it granulates as it dries, settling into the paper's texture for a living, tactile depth. Glaze thin layers for glowing washes, or charge the brush with water to bring the granulation forward. Every colour is bound in gum arabic and nothing else. The set is exceptionally lightfast, re-wets cleanly from the pan, and is entirely non-toxic, with no fillers or chalk. The six colours in the set: Ultramarine — the deepest lapis lazuli blue Azure Blue — a luminous, airy sky-blue Charcoal Blue — the darkest, smokiest grade of lapis Malachite — a cool, granulating green Red Jasper (Jasper Rosso) — a warm, earthen brick-red Yellow Jasper (Jasper Sunlit) — a soft ochre-gold Palette di Pietra is also available in gouache, with oil paint and loose pigment to follow, the same genuine gemstone colours in every form.