I wanted to share the paints I started using, they are great to create beautiful artwork in wood. The claudine helmuth Studio paints are a collection of highly pigmented acrylic paints. The basic 15 colors can be mixed to create 51 different colors.
The link below explains how to mix paints for beginners and you can download a chart to tell you what colors to mix together to created the colors you need. They come in 2 ounce jars and mini collections. I love these paints and they are waterproof!

http://www.collageartist.com/chstudio_colormix.htm

Here is one place to buy them, a little cheaper than most, I was paying $5.99 at my local store.
http://www.nonadesigns.com/studiopaints.htm