Daniel Smith Art Supply (sometimes advertised as Daniel Smith Artists' Materials) is an art supply manufacturer and retailer. Dan Smith, a noted printmaking artist, founded the operation in 1976, endeavoring to produce artist-grade printmaking ink. Later, watercolor paint, oil paint and acrylic paint lines were added to the proprietary selection. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. ... Carl Larsson, Crayfishing, watercolor, 1897. ... View of Delft in oil paint, by Johannes Vermeer. ... Carduelis tristis painted in Acrylic paints Pheucticus melanocephalus painted in Acrylic paints Acrylic paint is fast-drying paint containing pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion. ...

Daniel Smith's paint manufacturing facility is located in Seattle, Washington, where it mills pigments and mixes the final paint product. The company characterizes its paints as "professional artist" grade. Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869  - Mayor Greg Nickels Area    - City  142. ...

One of the unique approaches to paint that the company focuses on is the use of pigments derived from semi-precious minerals and other unique geological deposits. Among their collection of so-called PrimaTek colors are paints derived from turquoise, lapis lazuli, rhodonite, kyanite and serpentine. Turquoise (or turquois) is opaque, blue-to-green hydrated copper aluminium phosphate mineral according to the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·5H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been enjoyed as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique... A block of lapis lazuli Lapis lazuli is one of the oldest of all gems, with a history of use stretching back 7,000 years. ... A piece of rhodonite Rhodonite is a member of the pyroxene group of minerals, consisting of manganese inosilicate, (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3, and crystallizing in the triclinic system. ... Kyanite, whose name derives from the Greek, kyanos, meaning blue, is a typically blue silicate mineral, commonly found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatites and/or sedimentary rock. ... Serpentine Serpentine is a group of common rock-forming hydrous magnesium iron phyllosilicate ((Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4) minerals; it is also often rich in other metal ores, including chromium, manganese, cobalt and nickel. ...

Daniel Smith Art Supply distributes their art supply catalog quarterly, which includes commissioned artwork and educations articles.

External links

• Daniel Smith Art Supply web site