i'm gonna go to bed now i think

i love you very much

i got more paints, you may have noticed

i decided i needed perylene green

i wanted the shade, but had to find what it was called

and then

it seemed like da vinci had one

da vinci is a less expensive brand

but i didn't remember if i'd ever had them before

and i'm wanting to try different brands

so that seemed to dove tail nicely

i got some sample sizes of two other colors

remember i said i was missing i'm pretty sure i said mars violet

but that's the same as violet iron oxide (which they said was transparent)

and they have a rose madder quinacridone which i had to get a sample too

because i was wanting that

and the rhodenite is very similar

but it has a weird granulation

i like thisnew one much better

so

i really like them all

though i admit the daniel smith are better quality

texture and mixing wise

all the brands have a different texture

and different qualities

the paints that i love

that i see staying in my palette long term

Sennelier Rose Dore Madder Lake

Daniel Smith Quinacridone Fushsia

Daniel Smith Sodalite Genuine

Daniel Smith Jadeite Genuine

Holbein Manganese Blue Nova

Holbein Umber

Da Vinci Perylene Green

Da Vinci Violet Iron Oxide

Da Vinci Rose Madder Quinacridone

the others

i'm not sure yet

i usually use earth tone yellows

i'm pretty sure about the mayan blue

i really love it but i'm not sure it's necessary

the piemonite is beautiful, but i'm not sure how useful it actually is

we'll see,i guess

i don't like the transparent red oxide

it's a good color

i just don't like it

i actively dislike the m. graham paints

the blue one is incredibly beautiful

i can't quite put my finger on why i don't like it

i guess they are all beautiful they seem flat somehow

they have a very opaque matteness they don't glow in the right way

the quinacridone gold is good

but it's too darkand brownish in it's mass tone

it weighs the color down

i'd like something that glows like that

just brighter

i hate the amethyst, hate

da vinci has a color i should have ordered a sample of

but i missed it

didn't understand it's greatness

until after i had ordered

so

i see it in my future

i hope you are having fun

and that you don't mind my general lack of talky-ness

i love you very much sweetheart