Painting by-
Stephen Quiller
Stephen Quiller Professional Watercolors
Made in the traditional stone ground milling process.
Many years ago, Jack made the decision to
develop and then manufacture a top line
of watercolor. He was convinced that he
could whip up a formula in minutes and
enter the market in weeks. How naive we
can all be at times. It was in 1994 when he
first consulted with his late dear friend,
Zoltan Szabo.
“Zoltan was a gentle man but a demanding
monster when it came to watercolor. Thank
goodness he was my friend because he
made the lectures gentle. I consulted the
Ralph Meyer Book, I read Hilary Page’s
great book and then studied the several
books by Wilcox. I had many discussions
with several old Grumbacher color
chemists. I also had many discussions with
famous color maker Jacques Blockx.
“Two things became obvious.
1. My “quickie” watercolor project would
not be quick and certainly not painless.
2. So much of the information was not fact
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but in many cases opinion from a variety
of very learned people. The problem was
that the opinions started out the same and
became very different as you got deeper
into the project.
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“Six times I threw away all that I had done
and seven times I started over. Finally I
started having long serious conversations
with Stephen Quiller. Steve’s opinions ran
very close to those of Zoltan Szabo’s.
Although the two greats had different
styles, strong threads tying the varying
opinions started to surface. I then began
to study the work of Tom Lynch, Chris Van
Winkle, Tom Fong and Milford Zornes.
“Always going back to Zoltan and Steve
Quiller, the basis for the line started to
develop. My dear friend and great advisor
Zoltan Szabo passed away in 2003. I will
miss him always. The burden then shifted
totally to my friend Steve Quiller. There
were many times that I would ask him
‘why that company’s red’ or ‘why just
one color in that brand? What do you
mean by staining colors?’
“But with all of his input, we still had the
problem of ‘lightfastness’ and health safety.
After nine years and tons of headaches, I
believe that we have developed the true
professional watercolor. The paint is made
through the traditional stone ground
milling process. The color is pure, and it’s
“I think these paints are fantastic.
The mineral colors, and there are many,
have an incredible granulation. This is
very important to me because I am a
landscape painter and texture is critical.
I noticed years ago that John Singer
Sargent's watercolor paintings –
particularly when using ultramarine
blue – have this type of granulation.
I have ordered this color from many
different companies but all of their
milling is too fine and the granulation
does not happen.
“What I am saying is that there is a
character to these colors that is unique
and while it may not be for every
painter, there will be many that will
respond to these paints if they know
all they have to offer.”
expensive, but as a collector, it’s what I
want the artist to use in any watercolor that
I buy. In my den at home, I have the first
watercolor that I ever purchased. I was
making $78.00 a week as a truck driver at
the time and I paid four hundred dollars
for the painting. Now 54 years later, I have
this white framed paper hanging on my
wall. All that is left of the beautiful artwork
is a pale ghost of the artist’s work.
“I truly believe that the Stephen Quiller
range of watercolors is the finest ever
made. Available in 35 colors in 15ml
open stock tubes and sets.”
 Lightfastness:
Stephen Quiller Professional Watercolors Excellent I Very Good II Fair III

Stephen Quiller Professional Watercolors – 35 colors available in open stock and sets

Titanium White Naples Yellow Transparent Yellow Bismuth Yellow Cadmium Yellow Gamboge Cadmium Orange
110000 I 110003 I 110006 I 110009 I 110012 I 110015 I 110018 I

Vermilion Cadmium Red Richeson Red Quinacridone Rose Rose Madder Deep Magenta Mauve
110021 I 110024 I 110027 I 110033 I 110036 I 110039 I 110042 I

Ultra.Violet Reddish Ultramarine Violet Manganese Violet Cobalt Violet Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Blue Cerulean Blue
110044 I 110045 I 110048 I 110051 I 110054 I 110057 I 110060 I

Richeson Blue Indanthrene Blue Payne’s Grey Turquoise Green Emerald Green Richeson Green Hooker’s Green
110063 I 110066 I 110069 I 110072 I 110075 I 110078 I 110081 I

Phthalo Green Sap Green Yellow Ochre Burnt Sienna Sepia Neutral Tint Ivory Black
110084 I 110087 I 110090 I 110093 I 110096 I 110099 I 110100 I

Stephen Quiller Watercolor

Set of 8
This set includes a printed color chart that
lists valuable information for the artist such
as lightfastness, the complement color and
the pigment make-up for each color.
Set of 8 contains: Cadmium Yellow Light,
Vermilion, Quinacridone Rose, Ultramarine
Violet, Richeson Blue, Ultramarine Blue,
Richeson Green, and Burnt Sienna.
Complete color Number 110200
chart available!
(included with set)

Quiller Watercolors 15ml 110024 Cadmium Red 110051 Cobalt Violet 110078 Richeson Green
110000 Titanium White 110027 Richeson Red 110054 Cobalt Blue 110081 Hooker’s Green
110003 Naples Yellow 110033 Quinacridone Rose 110057 Ultramarine Blue 110084 Phthalo Green (Yellowish)
110006 Transparent Yellow 110036 Rose Madder Deep 110060 Cerulean Blue 110087 Sap Green
110009 Bismuth Yellow 110039 Magenta 110063 Richeson Blue 110090 Yellow Ochre
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110012 Cadmium Yellow 110042 Mauve 110066 Indanthrene Blue 110093 Burnt Sienna
110015 Gamboge 110044 Ultramarine Violet (Reddish) 110069 Payne’s Grey 110096 Sepia
110018 Cadmium Orange 110045 Ultramarine Violet 110072 Turquoise Green 110099 Neutral Tint
110021 Vermilion 110048 Manganese Violet 110075 Emerald Green 110100 Ivory Black

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St. Petersburg Watercolors Available in
A professional quality watercolor made in a country rich pans and
with art history. These liquid-poured, semi-moist, full pan 18ml tubes!
watercolors are manufactured in a St. Petersburg factory
that has been producing color for over 100 years. The
liquid-poured process is thought by professionals to be the
highest quality grade watercolors. The finest raw materials
and pigments are used to guarantee the highest possible
light and colorfastness.

St. Petersburg Watercolors – Pans available in open stock and sets, tubes in open stock only

Zinc White Cadmium Lemon Lemon Hansa Yellow Cadmium Yellow Yellow Ochre Naples Yellow Raw Sienna
Pan #58155 I ➤ Pan #58101 II ▲ Pan #58143 II ➤ Pan #58133 II ● ➤ Pan #58102 I ▲ ● Pan #58103 I ▲ ● Pan #58144 I ➤ Pan #58104 I ▲ ●
Tube #111000 Tube #111003 Tube #111006 Tube #111009 Tube #111012

Golden Ochre Golden Deep Cadmium Orange Lake Orange Titian’s Shakhnazarskaya Red Red Ochre Burnt Sienna
Pan #58105 II ▲ ● Pan #58140 III ➤ Pan #58106 I ▲ ● Pan #58130 III ● Pan #58151 III ➤ Pan #58128 I ● Pan #58107 I ▲ Pan #58108 I ▲
Tube #111015 Tube #111018 Tube #111021 Tube #111024

English Red Vermilion Hue Cadmium Red Light Scarlet Ruby Carmine Madder Lake Rose
Pan #58109 I ▲ ● Pan #58152 III ➤ Pan #58137 I ➤ Pan #58110 III ▲ ● Pan #58150 III ➤ Pan #58112 III ▲ Pan #58111 III ▲ Pan #58129 III ●
Tube #111027 Tube #111030 Tube #111033 Tube #111036 Tube #111039

Quinacridone Rose Claret Quinacridone Lilac Violet Rose Violet Blue Lake Cobalt Blue Spectral Ultramarine Blue
Pan #58149 III ➤ Pan #58153 III ➤ Pan #58148 III ➤ Pan #58125 III ● Pan #58113 III ▲ ● Pan #58127 III ● ➤ Pan #58139 I ➤ Pan #58114 III ▲ ●
Tube #111042 Tube #111045 Tube #111048 Tube #111051 Tube #111054 Tube #111057

Russian Blue Brilliant Blue Cobalt Blue Prussian Azure Azure Blue Turquoise Blue Cerulean Blue Glauconite
Pan #58116 II ▲ Pan #58126 II ● Pan #58115 I ▲ ● Pan #58136 III ➤ Pan #58135 II ➤ Pan #58154 III ➤ Pan #58138 I ➤ Pan #58131 I ●
Tube #111060 Tube #111063 Tube #111066 Tube #111069 Tube #111072

Yellow Green Green Light Green Original Emerald Green Oxide of Chromium Russian Green Olive Green Mars Brown
Pan #58118 II ▲ ● Pan #58141 III ➤ Pan #58134 II ● Pan #58117 II ▲ Pan #58146 I ➤ Pan #58119 III ▲ ● Pan #58145 I ➤ Pan #58121 I ▲
Tube #111075 Tube #111078 Tube #111081 Tube #111084

Burnt Umber Raw Umber Voronezhskaya Black Sepia Indigo Payne’s Gray Black Neutral Ivory Black
Pan #58122 I ▲ ● Pan #58120 I ▲ Pan #58132 I ● ➤ Pan #58123 II ▲ Pan #58142 III ➤ Pan #58147 III ➤ Pan #58124 III ▲ ● Pan not available
Tube #111087 Tube #111090 Tube #111093 Tube #111096 Tube #111099 Tube #111106 Tube #111103
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Sets of Pan Watercolors

58023 Expanded Set of 24 ● All individual Yarka™ St. Petersburg Watercolors are
58024 Original Set of 24 ▲ packaged according to ACMI regulations. While
many colors are AP Approved non-toxic, certain
58030 Sequel Set of 24 ➤ colors bear the CL label with safety warnings.
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 A. St. Petersburg Watercolor Sets of 24
Number Description
58024 Original Set of 24
58023 Expanded Set of 24
58030 Sequel Set of 24
58025 Empty 24 Pan Plastic Box
58026 Empty 12 Pan Plastic Box
B
B. Wooden Box Watercolor Set
Master’s Set of 12
A rectangular slide top box that includes:
cadmium lemon, yellow ochre, ultramarine,
cobalt blue, scarlet, madder lake, burnt sienna,
burnt umber, yellow green, Russian green,
emerald green, and black neutral.
Number 994027

C. St. Petersburg Watercolor Rack

This oak, slotboard rack contains 6 each of all 55
colors and an attractive header. Rack is included
free with assortment if requested with order.
Number 58055

Call Customer Service for specific

contents of our racks. A

Watercolor Pans 58114 Ultramarine Blue 58128 Shakhnazarskaya Red 58142 Indigo
58101 Cadmium Lemon 58115 Cobalt Blue 58129 Rose 58143 Lemon
58102 Cadmium Yellow 58116 Russian Blue 58130 Lake Orange 58144 Naples Yellow
58103 Yellow Ochre 58117 Emerald Green 58131 Glauconite 58145 Olive Green
58104 Raw Sienna 58118 Yellow Green 58132 Voronezhskaya Black 58146 Chromium Oxide Green
58105 Golden Ochre 58119 Russian Green 58133 Hansa Yellow 58147 Payne’s Gray
58106 Cadmium Orange 58120 Raw Umber 58134 Green Original 58148 Quinacridone Lilac
58107 Red Ochre 58121 Mars Brown 58135 Azure Blue 58149 Quinacridone Rose
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58108 Burnt Sienna 58122 Burnt Umber 58136 Prussian Azure 58150 Ruby
58109 English Red 58123 Sepia 58137 Cadmium Red Light 58151 Titian’s
58110 Scarlet 58124 Black Neutral 58138 Cerulean Blue 58152 Vermilion Hue
58111 Madder Lake 58125 Violet Rose 58139 Cobalt Blue Spectral 58153 Claret
58112 Carmine 58126 Brilliant Blue 58140 Golden Deep 58154 Turquoise Blue
86 58113 Violet 58127 Blue Lake 58141 Green Light 58155 Zinc White