American Journey Artists' Watercolor Stick - Alizarin Crimson (Quinacdridone)

American Journey Artists' Watercolor Stick offers artists the finest raw materials and high-quality, maximum-strength pigments available. This guarantees clean, strong colors and makes for a more professional painting.

Each watercolor stick is dipped in a single layer of water-soluble paraffin wax for protection during transit and to protect your hands while working. To remove this thin outer layer of wax, rub the stick surface on a scrap piece of paper, or wash the stick with warm water, similar to removing paraffin wax from an apple. The tip of the watercolor sticks are ready for use out of the box.

Alizarin Crimson (Quinacridone) - Alizarin Crimson has a ruby-red undertone with a cooler hue of the color red that leans slightly more towards purple than towards orange on the color wheel. Alizarin Crimson was the first synthetic organic color. Invented in 1869, it has the exact masstone and chemical formula of the original Madder Lake derived from the root of the Madder plant. Joe says to try mixing Alizarin Crimson with Joe's Green to create a nice clean dark color.

American Journey Artists' Watercolors are available exclusively from Cheap Joe's Art Stuff.