Category: ENGLISH
French Ultramarine
French ultramarine is a synthetic pigment, while the original color called ultramarine is extracted from semi-precious stone lazurite. Lapis lazuli is another name for the color. Good quality of Lapis lazuli could once be…
Gamboge, a closed chapter
Once upon a time there was a color, extracted from the tree Clusiaceae, which was called gamboge. Unfortunately, the paint had poor lightfastness, it faded quickly in sunlight. Therefore, it was replaced as soon…
Cold in the botanical garden
Here is an exercise that seems difficult at first glance, but which is not really that difficult if you know what you can paint quickly and carelessly, respectively slowly and accurately. What colors to…
Stretching Watercolour Paper – how-to
Stretching a paper means taking advantage of the fact that a wet paper is larger than a dry one. When you wet a paper, it swells, a large sheet can be several centimeters larger…
Gummed Paper Tape
The gummed paper tape is needed when stretching watercolor paper and when framing. The tape is made of paper and has a gummed surface, which means that you must use water to make it…
Water, paper and sizing
Ever heard of a watercolor paper surface gluing? No! Then you should read this. All paper has glue in the pulp, otherwise the paper would not stick together. Some papers have only a little…
Black, which one to buy
There are different black colors, not all are good. This is a small evaluation of the most common three and a less common one. Lamp Black – PBk7 The most common is Lamp Black,…
Pure color mixtures, How?
Try to mix Cobalt blue and cadmium red to a purple color, it is not possible, although blue and red should become purple in theory. Then try French ultramarine and Alizarin, the mixture is…
Talent or no talent…
One of the most common statements I hear in my courses is: “I can not draw”. Then I usually ask “how often do you draw?” the answer is always the same: Never. No one…
