Browsing Category Pigments
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PigmentsIn antiquity, green was available to artists in the form of natural green earth and minerals such as malachite. The ancient greeks created Verdigris by exposing copper to ...
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PigmentsThroughout history, blue has been one of the most sought-after artist pigments. It occurs infrequently in nature, and the first blue pigments were made from minerals like azurite ...
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PigmentsWhile various oranges can be mixed with yellow and red, a single pigment orange can offer more vibrancy and create cleaner mixtures than any mixed orange. Apart from ...
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PigmentsIn this Pigment Stories series, I have looked at two of the three most significant pigment discoveries of the 20th Century – Phthalocyanine and Azo pigments. The third ...
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PigmentsIn our ongoing pigment series, we have been taking a look at the stories behind artist pigments, their histories, and their characteristics. In this article, we explore Cobalt ...
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PigmentsEarth has been used as a pigment since prehistoric times. Earth pigments include an enormous range of colours, from warm and strong reds, to cool and gentle greens. ...
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PigmentsPhthalo pigments are a family of blue and green synthetic organic pigments based on variants of copper phthalocyanine, a deep blue compound produced by the reaction of phthalic ...
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PigmentsOf all the artist colours, black may well have the longest history. Charcoal, soot, and charred animal bones were used in the earliest prehistoric cave paintings. Today, there ...
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Artist InterviewsLatvian painter Ieva Kampe-Krumholca was shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with her work Two Sides of the Truth. The painting places the viewer beneath a ...
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PigmentsBefore the introduction of commercially-made paints, artists or their apprentices would make handmade watercolours from scratch using pigment and a binder. The first mass-produced watercolours were introduced in ...
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Features & EditorialsDavid Coles is the founder of one of the youngest paint makers in the world, Langridge Artist Colours. A painter in his own right and a self-proclaimed pigment ...
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PigmentsBefore we added Daniel Smith to the range of watercolours available at Jackson’s Art Supplies, they were requested by many of our professional customers. Why? The Story Behind ...
