handcrafted watercolors made in italy

Artisan Recipe

Handmade in Assisi, our watercolors are crafted according to a traditional recipe of raw pigments, gum arabic from the acacia senegal tree, local honey from Umbria and rosemary essential oil.

premium PIGMENTS

We specialize in handmade watercolors created from the best natural, historical and innovative modern pigments available today. Our colors are highly pigmented and have excellent lightfastness.

FINEST QUALITY

Every batch of paint is made from premium pigments mulled by hand on a glass slab with a special gum arabic binder and poured into pans. Unlike commercially "extruded" paints, each pan is poured multiple times and dries over two to three weeks. This intensive process creates a very pigmented, luminous and pure paint that activates beautifully when wet.

eco-friendly

Our watercolors are all 100% handmade and free of cadmium, cobalt, lead and mercury. In developing this collection of colors, it was my vision to connect users with a lineage of materials that have been used by artists throughout the ages in an environmentally friendly way.

artist made

Inspired by the history of pigments used by artists and a passion for cross-cultural manuscript painting techniques, I began making my own paint nearly 10 years ago. The process of working with raw materials has become integral to my painting practice and now I am excited to share the poetry and quality of this paint with others. My art can be found at www.alinagallo.com.