mixing a new granulating color

I’ve been seeing several online reviews about Schminke “super-granulating” watercolors; most say they like some but all can be easily mixed with existing colors and there is no more granulation than normal.

My favorite color is “glacier green” made up of PR233 and PG50 (potter’s pink and cobalt turquoise light), both of which I have. So I mixed up a pan, stirring with a toothpick. After painting it out, I think it may have needed a bit more potter’s pink.

Here, I tried Daniel Smith’s cobalt teal blue (still PG50) in the mix on rough watercolor paper showing more granulation. I also tried my other turquoise paints: cobalt turquoise (PG36) and phthalo turquoise (PG36 + PB15:3) — the phthalo mix is way too overpowering! That’s why I’ve mostly stopped using phthalos.

As long as I’m playing around, I also tried my own version of “deep sea green”, PG18 and PB29 (viridian and ultramarine blue) — I substituted Jadeite genuine for the viridian.