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Special Historical Colours in Mussini Oil Paints
Schmincke Mussini Oil Colours have unique drying properties because they are made with an old-master’s resin and oil formula – the oil part of the colour increases in volume by absorbing oxygen, while...
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An Interview with Painter Michael Restrick
Michael Restrick is the painter of ‘North Star’, a powerful entry into this year’s Jackson’s Open Painting Prize. The acrylic painting comprises a sophisticated arrangement of shapes: circles,...
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Michael Harding Green Gold
Michael Harding Green Gold is a useful yellow pigment that mixes with reds to make interesting oranges and with blues to make a variety of dark sap greens. Michael Harding has just introduced a new...
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Mixing Greens in Oil Colour
Green is a colour that can easily overpower a painting. But landscape painters in particular need to use a lot of green. Many artists find that the solution is to ensure you use a wide variety of...
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Painting with Schmincke Soft Pastels
Schmincke Finest Extra-Soft Pastels contain only the purest medium-fine ground artists’ pigments in the highest possible concentration with just enough binding agent added to allow a stick to be...
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Gamblin Oil Colour: Choosing From Their Many Whites
While most ranges of oil paint contain two or three whites, Gamblin produce ten: nine from their Artist Oil Range plus one FastMatte White Alkyd Oil Paint. We have taken a look at Gamblin’s whites to...
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The Story of Ultramarine Blue and French Ultramarine
Before the 19th century, Ultramarine Blue pigment was made with lapis lazuli, a luminous blue mineral mined in Afghanistan. The name derives from the Latin ultra (beyond) and mare (the sea), a...
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The Enduring Appeal of Alizarin Crimson
Alizarin crimson (pigment index number PR83) is a synthetic lake pigment which was developed as a replacement for madder lake, a historical pigment used since antiquity. It is a deep, cool red with a...
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Comparing Black Pigments, and Getting the Most Out of Using Black in Your...
Of all the artist colours, black may well have the longest history. Charcoal, soot, and charred animal bones were used in the earliest prehistoric cave paintings. Today, there are a number of black...
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The Unique Qualities of Phthalo Pigments
Phthalo pigments are a family of blue and green synthetic organic pigments based on variants of copper phthalocyanine, a deep blue compound produced by the reaction of phthalic anhydride, urea, copper...
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