Browsing Tag colour mixing
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Features & EditorialsVan Dyck Brown, also known as Cassel Earth, is a deep, transparent brown pigment that was first used in the 16th century. This article explores the history of ...
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Oil Painting
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the leading French Impressionist landscape painter. It was in a bad review of their first show that a critic labelled the group of ‘lunatic’ ...
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Features & Editorials
Introduced in the 1970s, Green Gold is an enigmatic, modern metal-complex pigment. It is an unusual shade that encompasses both yellow and green, with an earthy warmth and ...
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Watercolour Painting
On first look, the Holbein Artists’ Gouache Irodori (Starter) Sets are well curated and beautifully presented. Splitting these sets into seasons, reflecting the seasonal nature of Japan, is ...
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Studio and General
Potter’s Pink (pigment number PR233) is a textural, gentle pink pigment that was invented at the end of the 18th century. This article takes a look at the ...
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Features & Editorials
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is often credited with being the ‘Mother of American Modernism’. She is best known for her large-scale, billowing flower paintings and the many landscapes she ...
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Studio and General
Venetian Red is one of many earthy-red colours named after a geographical location– other examples include English Red, Pompeii Red, Indian Red, and Pozzuoli Red. These colours are ...
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Oil Painting
Rembrandt’s colour palette was characterised by dark browns and black, earthy yellows, and deep reds– colours that give his paintings an instantly recognisable atmosphere of warm darkness. This ...
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Watercolour Painting
Roman Szmal Aquarius Watercolours have a growing popularity thanks to their vast range of single pigment colours. This article looks at the 14 full pan Mixing Palette Set, ...
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Art Technique
In the past couple of weeks the season has turned from Summer to Autumn here in the UK, and with it comes characteristic shades of gold, red and ...
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Art Technique
When you explore a new and unfamiliar limited palette through colour mixing and then use your mixes in a painting, the emotional impact of this interpretive approach to ...
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Art Technique
A six colour primary palette comprising two reds, two yellows and two blues is capable of offering mixes of colour that span the colour spectrum – including an ...
