Review on DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Permanent Yellow by Morgan Gilmore

I was looking for that perfect, solid, transparent, dark yellow pigment for my watercolor palette and after some research I settled on PY110 (Permanent Yellow Deep or Isoindoline Yellow) or PY65. (Hanza Yellow Deep). In the end I decided to give this shade a try because Bruce McAvoy's incredible website convinced me to (and because I have a student quality py65 Indian Yellow to play with). This yellow isoindoline is said to be slightly colored but very lightfast, transparent and with a rich orange-yellow tint. MacEvoy claims to be very good at mixing blues for landscapes and in my experience that's right. I've tried both cool and warm blues and as you might expect it produces many muted earthy greens (as you can see in the image above, mixed with, in order from top left to bottom: W&N Quinacridone). Rose, DS French Ultramarine and DS Indanthrone Blue in the bottom row) The orange hue he gives with Quin Rose was really nice and vibrant. It's a really nice translucent pigment as you can see in my marker line pattern. The area on the right of the photo is still wet from the second thick layer of this pigment which makes it look a lot less translucent, although you can clearly see some shifts as it dries, so I'll leave the picture. On the 2nd photo of this pattern you can see that it has dried - the transparency has become clearer again. I also tried lightening the color a bit in this photo but it wasn't perfect (since it was the 2nd coat) but that's where the stain in the bottom right corner of this example came from. In addition, these samples were made cheaply. mixed pulp paper, so the granularity is largely related to that. To be honest I'm really impressed with how smooth this pigment dries as I only find this paper good for patterns and nothing else. It spreads wet-on-wet fairly well, with nothing particularly noteworthy here. Also, it blends beautifully with the palette, so I doubt I'll have any problems in the future. Overall I am very happy with this Daniel Smith paint and can't wait to use it once I have the right product. I think I will use it often in landscapes and plants. This would be phenomenal pigment for sunsets, fall themes, and florals like sunflower leaves. Or if you're looking for the perfect school bus color, this pigment comes pretty damn close. I understand why PY110 made it onto Handprint's top 40 pigments list.