VIDEO: PIGMENT BARS + WAX mixed media experiments✨

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HOLIDAY 2026 PIGMENT BARS ✨

Hi Reader!

Hold a PIGMENT BAR on one corner and it draws a warm, orangey-brown corduroy line. Turn it and teal shows up. Flip to the lighter side and you've got a soft blue for blending.

One bar. Four colors. It all depends on how you hold it.

This week I filmed a new studio show-and-tell and pulled out the stacks of swatch technique cards I make every time I design a collection. You'll see:

one bar swiped across watercolor paper, rice paper, Canson sand grain paper, and fabric, each changing the color and texture
wax resist and sgraffito under and over watercolor
monoprinting on a heated griddle and silicone warming mat with thin papers for soft, transparent color
my wax medium mixed into oil paint, where shiny turns satiny matte
PLUS A peek inside my travel sketchbook and paint making journals!

WATCH the studio show-and-tell →

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*WATCH the video to learn more about these SWATCH CARDS + materials lab PLAY*

Those cards are the reason mixed paper swatch cards go into the HOLIDAY 2026 PIGMENT BARS set. A few swipes on different papers show you what each bar can do before you start a piece.

HOLIDAY 2026 PIGMENT BARS by Traci Bautista — *examples of the HOLIDAY color palette PIGMENT BARS*

Pomegranate and mulled wine on a rough sand grain card. Smoky evergreen melting into antique champagne on thin rice paper. It's the fastest way to learn your new colors.

Your set includes 8 handcrafted PIGMENT BARS in the holiday palette, a mark-making kit of found tools, the mixed paper swatch cards, and a seat in Pigment PLAY: Holiday Paint + Swatch Workshop, LIVE in January.

Pre-orders close Tuesday, November 10 and they ship early to mid December.

CHOOSE YOUR HOLIDAY PIGMENT BARS →

Experiment. Print. Swatch. PLAY.

P.S. WATCH THE show & tell video. The Gilded Petals Holiday Box closes Tuesday too. If you already ordered a HOLIDAY 2026 box or set, add the PIGMENT BARS and I'll ship everything together. Leave a note at checkout saying whether you'd like your shipping refunded or a few extra studio goodies tucked into your box. See the HOLIDAY 2026 collection →

With creativity and color...

Artfully, xo Traci Bautista 💞 Founder, #tracibautistaCOLOR

If you have any questions reach out to customer care using the chat box at tracibautistacolor.com

#tracibautistaCOLOR, Danville, California 94526
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