As we discussed before one of key paint components is pigment powder. Different pigments produce different colours, providing different grade of brightness, light fastness, transparency etc. Some of pigments are…
Discovered in 1830 in Russia, Volkonskoite (No Index) was named after Volkonskiy, Russian Minister of the Imperial Court, Field-Marshal-General in the war of 1812 against Napoleon. Volkonskoite as a mineral…
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…