The principle of "fat over lean" in oil painting involves applying paint with a higher oil-to-pigment ratio ('fat') over paint with a lower oil-to-pigment ...
At first, the simplicity of plain black may seem straightforward. While we have a plethora of hues and shades in colors like green, red, ...
These two rare colours have been newly incorporated into ENL watercolour paints (half-pans). Neodymium and Erbium oxides, both classified as rare earth oxides, caught ...
This also happens. And here we’re talking about fillers and extenders. Generally speaking, all organic pigments will have a certain amount of other components ...
There are many debates regarding what’re better mono-pigment or multi-pigment paints. As all artists are different and hence have different preferences it’s hard to ...
If even 50 years ago only mineral pigments were considered to be professional, with modern chemical industry development we have more and more new ...
Black is a very contradictory colour: some artists even prefer not to have it in their palettes and mix it when needed. I personally ...
After Iron Oxide Yellow (PY42-43) by the number of variations in colours, another iron oxide goes - Iron Oxide Red (PR101-102). Even though PR101 ...
This Nickel Azo Yellow pigment is magic. When you look at the dry colour a pan looks brown, so you expect to see something ...
Naples yellow is a pigment named after the city of Naples in Italy. The origins of Naples yellow remain unclear, but it's one of ...
Historically, artists have issues finding pigments that would provide intense primary colours. Most mineral pigments used belonged to colours found in clays, or earth: ...
Yellow Ochre is the second popular pigment in use for paints after titanium white. Ochres are one of the most ancient pigments used even ...
Once, I had a conversation about paints while was doing demo for artists. I mentioned that pigments used in a brand that I was ...
Colour Index: PW4
Colour Constitution Number: CI 77947
Although Zinc white was known as a pigment since 1782 (more than hundred years before titanium white was ...
Let’s take a closer look at pigments that we’re using and what properties they have and how they affect your paintings.
Colour Index: PW6
Colour Constitution ...