🎨 #tracibautistaCOLOR 2026 Handcrafted Paint Subscriptions

A year of handcrafted pigment, PLAY, and creative exploration.

PLAY, craft studio rituals, and evolve your creative practice.

🩶 Welcome to a New Chapter of #tracibautistaCOLOR

In 2026, I’m slowing the pace — creating fewer, deeper, more intentional pigment collections.

Each season in my studio begins with a rhythm — exploring color and theme, brainstorming ideas, researching pigments, experimenting with new formulas, melting wax on the griddle, brushes scattered across parchment, and trays of color waiting to be shipped to artists worldwide.

After eight years of designing and shipping WATERMEDIA PLAY collections, I’m stepping into a slower, deeper practice — one that honors the materials, the process, and the stories that color holds.

The 2026 #tracibautistaCOLOR subscriptions invite you into this rhythm: a year of handcrafted paint delivered in two forms — wax-based paint PIGMENT BARS + fluid ink — each made in small batches, poured by hand, and designed to inspire a season of creative play.

Each box is a sensory experience — blending my ongoing research in wax, pigment, and ink with the same tactile, expressive approach that has guided #tracibautistaCOLOR since its beginning.

You’re invited to join me for a slower, more intentional rhythm of color through two limited-edition subscription experiences:

✨ PIGMENT BARS BOX

💧 MIXED MEDIA INK COLLECTION

Each ship three times per year, designed to accompany your creative seasons — Winter (December), Spring/Summer (April), and Autumn (September).

💌 Join for a year of handcrafted color, studio ritual, and pigment exploration.

✦ PIGMENT BARS BOX

Sculpted color. Layered pigment. Texture. Handcrafted for mark-making and exploration.

The PIGMENT BARS Box celebrates the art of slow making — wax-based color sculpted by hand, poured in layers, and curated into small-batch collections for layering, mark-making, and printmaking.

Each set includes a mix of Pigment Bars, Wax Printmaking Bars, and Paint Pots — along with experimental Wax Mediums I have developed for encaustic-style play.

Melt, draw, print, collage, use as a resist, or fuse — watching how each layer interacts with paper, wax, and fiber.

These bars are more than color; they’re tactile tools for artists who love to color exploration.

They're a true mixed-media product — use them with watercolors, inks, oil paints, colored pencils, acrylics, and a variety of mark-making tools like gel plates, stamps, and stencils.

✴️ Inside Each PIGMENT BARS Box

• 4 handcrafted duotone confetti Pigment Bars (each with 3–5 blended pigments)
• 2 Wax Printmaking Bars or Wax Paint Pots
• Studio Wax Medium (limited edition formula)
• Collector swatch card printable
• Digital Studio Notes Journal with color stories, process photos, and swatch ideas
• Quarterly Paint & Swatch Live Workshop Access

THREE Seasonal Editions (Ships three times per year — Winter {December 2025}, Spring/Summer {April 2026}, Autumn {September 2026}

🎨 Subscribe to the Pigment Bars Box → Join Now

💧 INKatelier ~ MIXED MEDIA INK subscription

Fluid color. Layers of light and story.

Each season begins with a drop — a small pool of color that blooms, flows, and finds its own rhythm across the page.

The INK ATELIER: Mixed Media Ink Collection celebrates fluidity — color that moves, bleeds, stains, and transforms.

Each release includes four handcrafted mixed-media inks, bold and experimental, designed for brushwork, lettering, swatching, and layering with your Pigment Bars.

In 2026, this evolving collection expands into new territory — duotone shimmer inks, granulating washes, and hybrid formulas that blur the line between watercolor and acrylic. Each batch is stirred and poured by hand, paired with shimmering bases and mixing inclusions that invite playful, intuitive experimentation.

These small-batch inks are made for artists who love movement and expressive marks— for those drawn to transparent layers, fluid washes, and the tactile act of watching pigment come alive.

Use them alone or blend with other mediums:

• Mix with watercolor or acrylic mediums for extended play
• Layer over wax resist and collage for luminous depth
• Paint across fabric, paper, or printed photos
• Layer and create thin transparent watercolor washes
• Combine with #tracibautistaCOLOR Pigment Bars, colored pencils, and your favorite mark making tools

These are inks for sketchbooks, art journals, layered collage, dip pens, and hybrid analog-digital exploration — for artists who love to watch color shift, settle, and surprise.

✴️ A Palette Within Every Bottle

Each ink is intentionally formulated for mixing and transformation.

They’re not just colors — they’re catalysts.

Blend them together to create new hues and subtle tonal shifts, or extend them with water, mica shimmer, or acrylic medium to reveal unexpected depth.

These inks are built for experimentation — to evolve with every mix, every brushstroke, every surface you explore. Whether you’re swatching in your sketchbook, printing over wax, or digitizing layered color for hybrid artwork, each pigment holds infinite potential in motion.

✴️ Inside Each Mixed Media INK Collection Box

• 4 handcrafted 10 ml ink bottles in seasonal color stories
• 1–2 mixing bases or shimmer additives (mica, micro-glitter, or clear medium)
• Collector swatch card + mini recipe for layering and extension
• Digital Studio Notes Journal with color stories, ink experiments, and process photos
• Quarterly Paint & Swatch Live Workshop Access

(Ships three times per year — Winter, Spring/Summer, Autumn)

💧 Subscribe to the Ink Collection → Join Now

✴️ THE INK + WAX WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE

A creative gift for dual collectors

When pigment meets ink, something alchemical happens —

layers merge, wax resists, and color blooms into new dimensions.

As a special thank-you, collectors who subscribe to both the PIGMENT BARS BOX and the INKatelier Mixed Media Ink Collection will receive BONUS FREE access to the Ink + Wax Workshop Experience — a $97 bonus gift from my studio.

Inside, you’ll explore techniques that weave both materials together — translucent layering, resist printing, burnishing, and hybrid mark-making using the same handmade formulas from my paint bench.

Includes:

• Access to the Ink + Wax Workshop Series
• Invitation to a new live session in January 2026
• Printable Swatch Journal pages to document your process and experiments

Workshop #1: Inky Explorations - Experimental Mark Making: Discover the playfulness of ink as you explore mark making and layering techniques, unlocking endless possibilities for creative expression.

• Ink Techniques: Understand how to use ink in different ways including wax resist, gesso textures, stenciling and image transfers.
• Messy Florals: Paint a freestyle bouquet of flowers

Workshop #2 ~ Wax Monotypes Textures and Layers: Explore the tactile world of wax monotypes and paint with wax, creating prints on various surfaces and infusing your artwork with textures and storytelling.

• Wax Monotype Techniques:Learn how to create vibrant and textured prints that tell a story.
• Surface Exploration: Discover the effects of monotype creation on various surfaces.
• Pigment Bars and Wax Pastels: Get hands-on experience using these mediums on a hot aluminum plate.

Workshop #3~ Artistic Anthology: The Technique Sketchbook: Bring your artistic journey full circle by compiling your technique cards into a personalized sketchbook journal, creating a beautiful and tangible record of your mixed media experiments.

• Idea Swatch Cards: Ideas for documenting and using your technique swatch cards
• Sketchbook Journal Creation: Bring together all the techniques you've learned to assemble your own unique technique swatch cards into a cohesive artist sketchbook.
• PLAY session and Q&A: Get your questions answered, share your work and connect with artists from around the world

✨ Your bonus unlocks automatically when you subscribe to both pigment + ink collections. You’ll receive an automated email with additional info and get FREE ACCESS to the INK + WAX classroom within 48 hours of your order!

Join both subscriptions and get free access to this workshop series!

💌 Choose Your Subscription Path

🪶 Studio Notes

• All pigments and inks are mixed by hand in small batches.
• Colors may vary slightly between sets — each one is unique.
• Each subscription includes a digital Studio Notes Journal with process photos and creative prompts.
• Quantities are limited — once a release sells out, it will not be restocked.

💌 Join the 2026 Collector List → Reserve Your Spot

✨ Fast-Action Collector Bonus

Reserve your subscription by November 5 and receive an exclusive Holiday Watercolor Mini Swatch Tile — a hand-poured sample from my Luminous Winter Botanicals palette.

Each tile is a tiny piece of studio color — one last nod to watercolor before the 2026 pigment and ink season begins.

Use it for swatching, journaling, or as a keepsake of this year’s transition from Watermedia PLAY to a new era of handcrafted color.

• The first collection, LUMINOUS Winter Botanicals, ships mid-December 2025.
• Choose your subscription below — seasonal (3x per year) or annual prepaid.
• Subscribe to both collections and receive bonus access to the Ink + Wax Workshop as a gift.