Daniel Smith 5ml Extra Fine Watercolour - Hematite Genuine

Get ready to try something new with smaller 5ml tubes. Formulated to meet and exceed the highest industry standards, every batch is thoroughly analysed for its performance qualities – lightfastness, colour value, tinting strength, clarity, vibrancy, undertone, particle size, density and viscosity.

Paint everything you can imagine with vibrant and consistent colours that can be easily mixed for even more variations.

Hematite is ground from a heavy silvery-black mineral rich in iron. In a thick wash, the heavier iron particles settle, creating bold granulation, in a thin wash, it is a soft dove gray. Hematite mixes beautifully with other colors adding its granulation and slightly neutralizing the mixed in color. One way to use Hematite Genuine is, with single brushstrokes, sketching in branches from thick to thin, the beautiful granulation automatically providing the texture of bark. Hematite or the traditional Greek name, Bloodstone – when you paint, you can almost feel the pounding of the battle drums as ancient warriors covered their bodies with Hematite in the belief that they would be protected from mortal wounds. According to lore and superstition, large surface deposits of Hematite mark the site of hard fought battles, where the blood of fallen soldiers flowed into the ground.