Raw Sienna
Raw sienna is an ancient pigment, used at least since Roman times. The name comes from the original deposit where suitable soil was found near Arcidosso which was previously under the control of Siena,…
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Earth colors
Earth colors, the name itself has character, it says that the color is original, genuine, natural. Nothing can be further from the truth. The traditional index names for true earth colors are PBr7 and…
What colors do I have in my watercolor box?
I mostly use colors in a tube, but I have a box that I take with me when I can not or do not want to bring a lot of tubes. The box contains…
Why use a limited palette
Try painting a picture that contains both quinacridone rose and cadmium red, or French ultramarine and phthalo blue. The coloring achieved with such a color combination is not beautiful, it is disharmonious, like tritone…
Now you can print the posts
I have added a button to all blog posts, you can also see it below. The button is called PDF and gives you the opportunity to see the page as a document, and also…
Phthal green (PG7 – PG36)
There is nothing in nature that is as green as phthalo green. What is the use of such a color? It is almost ridiculously pure and green. When a new student comes to my…
To remove a stretched painting from the board
When you stretch a watercolor painting, you tape the watercolor paper on a board with gummed paper tape. Using gummed paper tape is important because it is the only tape that sticks to a…
Carbazole violet (Dioxazine violet)
It was created in the early 1950s but did not come as a watercolor until much later. The full name of the pigment is carbazole dioxazine Violet. It’s too long for a watercolor paint,…
