Can You Trust the Name?
French Ultramarine is always French Ultramarine, isn’t it? And what about Aureolin, Viridian, and Cobalt Blue? Surely these classic colors are always what the label claims they are. Unfortunately, the name on the tube…
Category: Watercolor Paint
Here you can find information about watercolor paint and its special properties. General tips on choosing watercolor paint, care and the like. Everything possible about watercolor paint can be found in this category
Take Care of Your Watercolor Tubes
In my opinion, watercolor tubes are far superior to pans. That’s why I’m always pleased when a new student arrives at one of my workshops using tube colors. Sometimes, however, that pleasure quickly turns…
White Watercolor Paint
Modern watercolor artists primarily rely on the white of the paper, making white watercolor paint largely unnecessary. Artists of earlier generations thought much the same, although white paint was used more frequently a century…
Enhancing Granulation
When using granulating colors in a painting and wanting to emphasize the patterns these pigments create, you can’t paint in the usual way. You need to create an environment that these colors enjoy “bathing”…
Burnt and raw
Some earth colors occur in both burnt and raw forms. This applies mainly to siennas and umbers, which often have these designations added to their names. Occasionally, other earth colors may also have such…
What do you know about watercolor paints?
This is a little quiz about watercolor paints. Since you who read this blog know a lot about watercolor and watercolor paints, the questions are quite difficult, the limit for passing is set at…
Transparency of watercolor paints
Transparent watercolours allow light to pass through, which means the light from the white paper shines back through such a layer of paint. This is one of watercolour’s most characteristic properties, and when used…
Red Favourites
Warm reds, in general, are tricky, in my opinion. Many of the ones that are beautiful on their own are difficult to mix with — and some that are good for mixing don’t look…
Green Favorites
Many of the most common and well-known green watercolor paints consist of two or more pigments. Sap green is one such example—it’s included in most ready-made watercolor sets. Sap green is usually a mix…
What is color index name?
I have understood that there is a need for an explanation of how different color pigments are described using a combination of letters and numbers. Below is a brief description of the system called…
