Pigment code: PB.29 The name Ultramarine comes from Middle Latin ultramarinus, literally “beyond the sea” because it was imported from Asia by sea. Natural ultramarine comes from Iran, China, Italy,…
Icon painting traditions came from Byzantine Empire (the eastern part of the Roman Empire), IV century BC. Generally speaking, any painting of the Holy Family, the Saints or Angels usually…
The word sanguine comes from Latin sanguis meaning blood. This material has being known in arts for centuries. Our ancestors drew with sanguine mineral rocks in Palaeolithic age. Renaissance artists…
One of the common questions for artists is what colours to use for this or that goal. We are revealing some Masters’ secrets. And we’ll start with portraits, the most…
Sienna (PBr. 6 or PBr. 7) is a natural earthy light-brown pigment with high Iron Hydroxide concentration and almost no clay. In artists’ palettes you can find several kinds of…
All paints consist of at least one pigment and binder. The quality of those assigns the quality of paints. Pigments can be natural and synthetic. Natural pigments can be divided…
To understand pastels better let’s start with general things we should keep in mind. What is pastel? Pastel chalks consist of pigments and binders, such as kaolin, limestone, blanc fix,…