Amethyst is a gemstone, a variety of violet Quartz with the chemical formula is SiO2. Because it has a hardness of seven on the Mohs Scale, amethyst is suitable for use in jew â¦ elry. Due to its crystal quantity and relative rarity, larger samples can broach several hundred dollars.
An artist working on a watercolor using a round brush. Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth and Ireland), also aquarelle (French loanword), a diminutive of the Latin for water, is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution. Watercolor refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork. The traditional and most common supportâmaterial to which the paint is appliedâfor watercolor paintings is paper. Other supports include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum, or leather, fabric, wood, and canvas.
1. Use a portable set of pan paints. Watercolor paint comes in three different forms: liquid, tube, and pan. You can start with any kind, but sets of pan paints are compact, portable, and offer an array of easily accessible colors.