Schmincke Horadam half-pans are exceptional artist quality watercolours, made in Germany with amazing colour strength, mixability and brushability.
The pans are poured 4 times in a liquid state for the highest paint yield and then carefully dried. Specially selected Gum Arabic is used for the binder, making the paints reusable and re-wettable when dried on a palette. The high control of paint flow, even on soft watercolour papers reduces the need to overwork your painting. Whether you are a beginner or a professional exploring wet-on-wet techniques, glazing and mixed media techniques, Schmicke Horadam Artist Watercolours are perfect for your needs. The colour recipes devised by Schmincke for half pans are of single or double pigment.
In 2022 the Schmincke Horadam Aquarell brand was awarded Brand of the Century for the forther time, so you know you will be using some of the vesry best paints you can buy.
Behind the scenes of Schmincke watercolour production
Have a look behind the scenes of Schmincke watercolour production. In the Jubilee Year 2017, Schmincke enlarged and optimized the HORADAM® watercolours to a 140 assortment. With this enlargement Schmincke successfully filled the harmonic colour spectrum of the Horadam® premium assortment. 100 well-tried and traditional colours as well as Oxgall already fit to the highest quality standards, so that there was no need for a change. After some years of research by the Schmincke lab, 35 new colours (among these 32 one-pigment-tones) have been added to the premium assortment. The increased use of highly lightfast pigments, such as Quinacridone or Perylene, offered completely new possibilities for the artist. 4 colours have been optimized using the newest and best raw materials. What’s remaining? The unique quality components of Horadam® watercolours: The selected Gum Arabic, the complex pouring of the colours for 4 times in liquid state and the sustainable production process of the precious watercolours in pans and tubes – always following the founders’ motto “Meliora cogito – I strive for the best”. Also in the future, the worldwide approved Horadam® watercolours will stand for unsurpassed quality “Made in Germany”.
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