Vermilion – PR106
Natural Vermilion Vermilion, or as the color is called in Swedish and German: Cinnober (Zinnober), is no longer a watercolor pigment – today it is just a name for an orange-red made from various…
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Mix with three primary colors
It is often said that with three primary colors, all other colors can be mixed. Therefore, we will test this with a few simple mixing exercises. To try these yourself, I recommend the following…
Hahnemühle – The Collection
When I started painting watercolors in the late 1970s, I didn’t know anything about materials. I thought all watercolor paper was the same, so I bought cheap supplies. One of the first watercolor papers…
Make a bubbly watercolor Painting flat
When you paint on a loose sheet of paper, and sometimes even in a block, the result can never be framed properly with a mat. The reason is that the mat will reveal every…
Watercolor brushes – what do you know about them?
A little quiz about watercolor brushes, a passing score is 6 out of 10 questions answered correctly (60%). The questions may be perceived as difficult, but you who read this blog are knowledgeable.
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…
Benzimidazolone Brown (Pbr25)
Benzimidazolone Brown is a very popular ingredient in many mixed paints, but as a standalone pigment in watercolor, it is not as commonly used. This is a bit unfortunate because it’s a very pleasant…
Shadows in watercolor
This painting is based on a photo from the farm I Moricci in Tuscany, where I usually run watercolor courses. It is intended to demonstrate one way of painting shadows in a watercolor painting….
Watercolor paper, front and back
I am often asked how to tell the front from the back of a sheet of paper when there is no watermark. For anyone using paper in blocks, this is not an issue—it’s obvious…
