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ABOUT & TABLE OF CONTENTS III. h3) Acrylic and Vinyl pastes, gels, mediums and additives. III. h4) Acrylic and Vinyl varnishes. If you have an interest in acrylics you might also enjoy reading about my visit to. – Chroma (Sydney, Australia) – Golden Artist Colours (New Berlin, New York, U.S.A.) – Guerra Paint and Pigment Corp.A TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA Introduction When in 1841, John Rand, an American painter invented the collapsible metal tube, I hardly think he knew what a door he was opening for his fellow painters. That tube, which replaced what was a messy business of pig’s bladders, turned the world into aDRAWING MATERIALS
DRAWING MATERIALS – b1) (Dry) Carbon based – an introduction. “Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since . prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.”. Keith Haring. Welcome to the Carbon family which has offered men for millennia delicious shades of grey and shades ofblack and thus
DEAR PIGMENT, (A LOVE LETTER) Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at right now. As you might have understood from all my probing, I’ve been researching you for quite some years now and, knowing already so many things about you, I was even reluctant to IN BED WITH… SHE-WHO-WHISPERS-TO-THE-OCHRES, HEIDI In bed with. She-who-whispers-to-the-ochres, Heidi Gustafson. Just as I cross the border from Canada into the States, the sun emerges from the lake on my right. It’s beautiful, and I’m early. I stop for a coffee with a sunrise view, then drive leisurely along little country roads enjoying the farms and the stunning colours of autumn PAINTS – H) ACRYLIC AND VINYL: 2. GESSOS & GROUNDS – IN Sizing a raw canvas -or any other fabric for that matter- will create a first layer/barrier and is best done by applying one/two coats of Golden’s GAC 100 or a polymer medium such as Matte Medium or Fluid Matte Medium. GAC 200 is also an option if you want more rigidity but must be applied when the temperature is at least 70°F / 21°C. PIGMENTS – B) WHAT IS A PIGMENT? – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS – b) What is a pigment? Pigments are small particles of pure colour, insoluble in either oils, resins or water. As soon as you mix these with any kind of binder to make a paint or a paste you will somewhat alter the dazzling beauty and full strength of the colours. IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH In bed with. Daniel Smith. (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for. I’ve always wanted to go there and see for myself this city of which I’ve heard so many IN BED WITH MONA LISA As I needed a link so that readers of the wonderful Institute of Making‘ s newsletter could read the full version there it is! Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at rightnow.
ABOUT & TABLE OF CONTENTS III. h3) Acrylic and Vinyl pastes, gels, mediums and additives. III. h4) Acrylic and Vinyl varnishes. If you have an interest in acrylics you might also enjoy reading about my visit to. – Chroma (Sydney, Australia) – Golden Artist Colours (New Berlin, New York, U.S.A.) – Guerra Paint and Pigment Corp.A TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA Introduction When in 1841, John Rand, an American painter invented the collapsible metal tube, I hardly think he knew what a door he was opening for his fellow painters. That tube, which replaced what was a messy business of pig’s bladders, turned the world into aDRAWING MATERIALS
DRAWING MATERIALS – b1) (Dry) Carbon based – an introduction. “Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since . prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.”. Keith Haring. Welcome to the Carbon family which has offered men for millennia delicious shades of grey and shades ofblack and thus
DEAR PIGMENT, (A LOVE LETTER) Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at right now. As you might have understood from all my probing, I’ve been researching you for quite some years now and, knowing already so many things about you, I was even reluctant to IN BED WITH… SHE-WHO-WHISPERS-TO-THE-OCHRES, HEIDI In bed with. She-who-whispers-to-the-ochres, Heidi Gustafson. Just as I cross the border from Canada into the States, the sun emerges from the lake on my right. It’s beautiful, and I’m early. I stop for a coffee with a sunrise view, then drive leisurely along little country roads enjoying the farms and the stunning colours of autumn PAINTS – H) ACRYLIC AND VINYL: 2. GESSOS & GROUNDS – IN Sizing a raw canvas -or any other fabric for that matter- will create a first layer/barrier and is best done by applying one/two coats of Golden’s GAC 100 or a polymer medium such as Matte Medium or Fluid Matte Medium. GAC 200 is also an option if you want more rigidity but must be applied when the temperature is at least 70°F / 21°C. PIGMENTS – B) WHAT IS A PIGMENT? – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS – b) What is a pigment? Pigments are small particles of pure colour, insoluble in either oils, resins or water. As soon as you mix these with any kind of binder to make a paint or a paste you will somewhat alter the dazzling beauty and full strength of the colours. IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH In bed with. Daniel Smith. (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for. I’ve always wanted to go there and see for myself this city of which I’ve heard so many IN BED WITH MONA LISA I always thought the very first spoof of the Mona Lisa was Marcel Duchamp’s more than naughty LHOOQ but it turns out I was totally wrong. Way before his 1919 ‘appropriation’ another artist, Eugène Bataille (according to Wiki better known under the name of ArthurSapeck but
PAINTS – F) OIL: 1. PAINT – IN BED WITH MONA LISA Paint – in bed with mona lisa. PAINTS – f) Oil: 1. Paint. When the word ART is mentioned, I would bet that in most people’s minds what pops up is a painting and, most probably, an oil painting. Which is pretty normal since for six long centuries, oil painting reigned unchallenged either technically or in terms of prestige on the Western PIGMENTS – E) COLOURS AND FAMILIES – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS - e) Colours and families Colours in art stores' racks are usually huddled together in hues and families: beginning with the yellows then oranges, reds, pinks, violets, blues, teals and greens followed by all the Earth colours (Siennas, Umbers, Oxides; etc.) grouped at the end, followed again by the blacks and the whites PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA As I needed a link so that readers of the wonderful Institute of Making‘ s newsletter could read the full version there it is! Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at rightnow.
IN BED WITH… NATURAL PIGMENTS The droughty, scorching summer is mellowing as I reach in the North of California the sleepy and dusty little town of Willits. “Gateway to the Redwoods” and some of the tallest, oldest trees on the planet to the North, vines to the South and weed (the most extensive pharmaceutical marijuana concessions here) to the West, Willits is the most improbable setting for Natural Pigments PIGMENTS – C) HISTORICAL PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS – c) Historical pigments. The more I learn and the more I read and the more fascinated I am by the amount of time, energy, ingenuity, effort, man has put into stealing colours from nature and appropriating them for himself: colours to adorn his body –directly on (or under!) the skin or in layers of the most colourful and sophisticated threads; to embellish his sacred spaces PIGMENTS – F) A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BINDERS AND MAKING YOUR The common name for that product is a “polymer dispersion”. That is the binder in acrylic paint. You can make your own paint, you can even make your own pastels. There are some ready made binders on the market or you can go ahead and reinvent the wheel. You will need a muller and a slab, both available in glass in most art stores thatalso
PIGMENTS – D) MODERN PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS - d) Modern pigments Although some companies only call modern the very recent organic pigments, I am choosing to start the list of modern pigments in 1704 when the earliest synthetic mineral pigment was invented by chemistry: Prussian blue. (It is debatable butuntil I
IN BED WITH… THE SENNELIER FAMILY Gustave dies during the 1929 crash and the Maison, renamed Sennelier Frères, is taken over by his sons, brothers Henri and Charles, already involved in the business. The pair will carry on the activities of course. Henri, the chemist, takes over manufacturing and developing the ranges while Charles busies himself with the commercialside of
IN BED WITH… MASTER PAINT-MAKER DAVID COLES Early in the 90’s, David Coles brought from England to Australia his passion for pigments, his expertise in art supplies and his youthful determination. What he could not know at the time though is that this red continent would offer him something most unexpected and surprising: a desire for new colours David’s first factory’slocation
IN BED WITH MONA LISA As I needed a link so that readers of the wonderful Institute of Making‘ s newsletter could read the full version there it is! Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at rightnow.
A TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PAINTS – H) ACRYLIC AND VINYL: 2. GESSOS & GROUNDS – IN At this stage in our presentations in the shop everyone has glazed eyes and is already somewhat confused by all the paint options so I give them a photocopy of a club sandwich of sorts we invented when doing the very first demo in my shop (probably to be a bit clearerabout the whole
DRAWING MATERIALS
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.” Keith Haring Welcome to the Carbon family which has offered men for millennia delicious shades of grey and shades of black and thus some of our darkest (and most loved) IN BED WITH… SHE-WHO-WHISPERS-TO-THE-OCHRES, HEIDI Just as I cross the border from Canada into the States, the sun emerges from the lake on my right It’s beautiful, and I’m early. I stop for a coffee with a sunrise view, then drive leisurely along little country roads enjoying the farms and the stunning colours of DEAR PIGMENT, (A LOVE LETTER) Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at right now. As you might have understood from all my probing, I’ve been researching you for quite some years now and, knowing already so many things about you, I was even reluctant to IN BED WITH… THE SENNELIER FAMILY But back to the tireless Gustave who, at the turn of the century, keeps innovating both on the commercial side (with catalogues illustrated with photographs and drawings made by himself in order to expand the clientele to mail orders) and by self-publishing in 1912 “The Chemistry of Colours” a thorough guide to pigments and mediums destined to enhance the knowledge of professional artists. IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for I've always wanted to go there and see for myself this cityof which I've
IN BED WITH… JIM COBB (AKA MR CHROMA) Leaving the Chroma factory after been given a visit of the whole place, I muse that I've only got half of a story. Yes, I've collected evidence: the colour spills, the empty tubes, the rolls of labels, the large vats with paint decanting while others are being stirred with IN BED WITH… MASTER PAINT-MAKER DAVID COLES Early in the 90’s, David Coles brought from England to Australia his passion for pigments, his expertise in art supplies and his youthful determination. What he could not know at the time though is that this red continent would offer him something most unexpected and surprising: a desire for new colours David’s first factory’slocation
IN BED WITH MONA LISA As I needed a link so that readers of the wonderful Institute of Making‘ s newsletter could read the full version there it is! Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at rightnow.
A TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PAINTS – H) ACRYLIC AND VINYL: 2. GESSOS & GROUNDS – IN At this stage in our presentations in the shop everyone has glazed eyes and is already somewhat confused by all the paint options so I give them a photocopy of a club sandwich of sorts we invented when doing the very first demo in my shop (probably to be a bit clearerabout the whole
DRAWING MATERIALS
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.” Keith Haring Welcome to the Carbon family which has offered men for millennia delicious shades of grey and shades of black and thus some of our darkest (and most loved) IN BED WITH… SHE-WHO-WHISPERS-TO-THE-OCHRES, HEIDI Just as I cross the border from Canada into the States, the sun emerges from the lake on my right It’s beautiful, and I’m early. I stop for a coffee with a sunrise view, then drive leisurely along little country roads enjoying the farms and the stunning colours of DEAR PIGMENT, (A LOVE LETTER) Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at right now. As you might have understood from all my probing, I’ve been researching you for quite some years now and, knowing already so many things about you, I was even reluctant to IN BED WITH… THE SENNELIER FAMILY But back to the tireless Gustave who, at the turn of the century, keeps innovating both on the commercial side (with catalogues illustrated with photographs and drawings made by himself in order to expand the clientele to mail orders) and by self-publishing in 1912 “The Chemistry of Colours” a thorough guide to pigments and mediums destined to enhance the knowledge of professional artists. IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for I've always wanted to go there and see for myself this cityof which I've
IN BED WITH… JIM COBB (AKA MR CHROMA) Leaving the Chroma factory after been given a visit of the whole place, I muse that I've only got half of a story. Yes, I've collected evidence: the colour spills, the empty tubes, the rolls of labels, the large vats with paint decanting while others are being stirred with IN BED WITH… MASTER PAINT-MAKER DAVID COLES Early in the 90’s, David Coles brought from England to Australia his passion for pigments, his expertise in art supplies and his youthful determination. What he could not know at the time though is that this red continent would offer him something most unexpected and surprising: a desire for new colours David’s first factory’slocation
ABOUT & TABLE OF CONTENTS OK so this blog is turning into a sort of online book / resource centre which is exactly as I dreamed it might one day be Of course not all the sections below are ‘finished’ and, in a way, they will never be as new products come out etc. But for now anyway, only those PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA Introduction When in 1841, John Rand, an American painter invented the collapsible metal tube, I hardly think he knew what a door he was opening for his fellow painters. That tube, which replaced what was a messy business of pig’s bladders, turned the world into a PAINTS – F) OIL: 1. PAINT – IN BED WITH MONA LISA When the word ART is mentioned, I would bet that in most people’s minds what pops up is a painting and, most probably, an oil painting. Which is pretty normal since for six long centuries, oil painting reigned unchallenged either technically or in terms of prestige on the Western visual art scene. If you want PAINTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I've approached paints more or less in order of appearance on the world stage. Click on a headings below to go straight to that section (only underlined ones have content at this stage) Paint: an introduction Gouache Gouache paint Gouache mediums Gouache varnishes Ink: Introduction Shellac ink Acrylic ink Fountain pen ink Etching inkBlock
IN BED WITH… NATURAL PIGMENTS The droughty, scorching summer is mellowing as I reach in the North of California the sleepy and dusty little town of Willits. “Gateway to the Redwoods” and some of the tallest, oldest trees on the planet to the North, vines to the South and weed (the most extensive pharmaceutical marijuana concessions here) to the West, Willits is the most improbable setting for Natural Pigments PIGMENTS – E) COLOURS AND FAMILIES – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS - e) Colours and families Colours in art stores' racks are usually huddled together in hues and families: beginning with the yellows then oranges, reds, pinks, violets, blues, teals and greens followed by all the Earth colours (Siennas, Umbers, Oxides; etc.) grouped at the end, followed again by the blacks and the whites PIGMENTS – F) A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BINDERS AND MAKING YOUR Art might be dead but pushing colour around with a brush, a rag, a finger whether to create a realist, surrealist or abstract view of our inner and outer worlds, still give us as much pleasure as, I’m sure, the very first guys that did it had. And if knowing what’s in thepaint is
PIGMENTS – D) MODERN PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS - d) Modern pigments Although some companies only call modern the very recent organic pigments, I am choosing to start the list of modern pigments in 1704 when the earliest synthetic mineral pigment was invented by chemistry: Prussian blue. (It is debatable butuntil I
“A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND STROKES STARTS WITH ONE GOOD The astonishment of the ticket seller at seeing two panting gaijins turn up at her booth is equal to ours at having found this most improbable of places! And what a place. It is simply beautiful. Displays of gorgeous brushes, recent and venerable, made for artists and make-up artists alike, calligraphy artworks, a live brush maker and painter on silk, a very alluring shop, videos and pamphlets CALLIGRAPHY, THE ART OF FIN(ER) WRITING At some stage in the Western world most of our languages made the switch to a restricted number of symbolically meaningless shapes which, combined, made the infinity of words we needed to share our ideas and our emotions. There are still variations among alphabets and it took a while to agree on the number of letters IN BED WITH MONA LISA As I needed a link so that readers of the wonderful Institute of Making‘ s newsletter could read the full version there it is! Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at rightnow.
ABOUT & TABLE OF CONTENTS III. h3) Acrylic and Vinyl pastes, gels, mediums and additives. III. h4) Acrylic and Vinyl varnishes. If you have an interest in acrylics you might also enjoy reading about my visit to. – Chroma (Sydney, Australia) – Golden Artist Colours (New Berlin, New York, U.S.A.) – Guerra Paint and Pigment Corp.DRAWING MATERIALS
DRAWING MATERIALS – b1) (Dry) Carbon based – an introduction. “Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since . prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.”. Keith Haring. Welcome to the Carbon family which has offered men for millennia delicious shades of grey and shades ofblack and thus
A TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PAINTS – H) ACRYLIC AND VINYL: 2. GESSOS & GROUNDS – IN Sizing a raw canvas -or any other fabric for that matter- will create a first layer/barrier and is best done by applying one/two coats of Golden’s GAC 100 or a polymer medium such as Matte Medium or Fluid Matte Medium. GAC 200 is also an option if you want more rigidity but must be applied when the temperature is at least 70°F / 21°C. DEAR PIGMENT, (A LOVE LETTER) Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at right now. As you might have understood from all my probing, I’ve been researching you for quite some years now and, knowing already so many things about you, I was even reluctant to IN BED WITH… SHE-WHO-WHISPERS-TO-THE-OCHRES, HEIDI In bed with. She-who-whispers-to-the-ochres, Heidi Gustafson. Just as I cross the border from Canada into the States, the sun emerges from the lake on my right. It’s beautiful, and I’m early. I stop for a coffee with a sunrise view, then drive leisurely along little country roads enjoying the farms and the stunning colours of autumn IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH In bed with. Daniel Smith. (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for. I’ve always wanted to go there and see for myself this city of which I’ve heard so many IN BED WITH… THE SENNELIER FAMILY Gustave dies during the 1929 crash and the Maison, renamed Sennelier Frères, is taken over by his sons, brothers Henri and Charles, already involved in the business. The pair will carry on the activities of course. Henri, the chemist, takes over manufacturing and developing the ranges while Charles busies himself with the commercialside of
IN BED WITH… MASTER PAINT-MAKER DAVID COLES Early in the 90’s, David Coles brought from England to Australia his passion for pigments, his expertise in art supplies and his youthful determination. What he could not know at the time though is that this red continent would offer him something most unexpected and surprising: a desire for new colours David’s first factory’slocation
IN BED WITH MONA LISA As I needed a link so that readers of the wonderful Institute of Making‘ s newsletter could read the full version there it is! Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at rightnow.
ABOUT & TABLE OF CONTENTS III. h3) Acrylic and Vinyl pastes, gels, mediums and additives. III. h4) Acrylic and Vinyl varnishes. If you have an interest in acrylics you might also enjoy reading about my visit to. – Chroma (Sydney, Australia) – Golden Artist Colours (New Berlin, New York, U.S.A.) – Guerra Paint and Pigment Corp.DRAWING MATERIALS
DRAWING MATERIALS – b1) (Dry) Carbon based – an introduction. “Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since . prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.”. Keith Haring. Welcome to the Carbon family which has offered men for millennia delicious shades of grey and shades ofblack and thus
A TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PAINTS – H) ACRYLIC AND VINYL: 2. GESSOS & GROUNDS – IN Sizing a raw canvas -or any other fabric for that matter- will create a first layer/barrier and is best done by applying one/two coats of Golden’s GAC 100 or a polymer medium such as Matte Medium or Fluid Matte Medium. GAC 200 is also an option if you want more rigidity but must be applied when the temperature is at least 70°F / 21°C. DEAR PIGMENT, (A LOVE LETTER) Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at right now. As you might have understood from all my probing, I’ve been researching you for quite some years now and, knowing already so many things about you, I was even reluctant to IN BED WITH… SHE-WHO-WHISPERS-TO-THE-OCHRES, HEIDI In bed with. She-who-whispers-to-the-ochres, Heidi Gustafson. Just as I cross the border from Canada into the States, the sun emerges from the lake on my right. It’s beautiful, and I’m early. I stop for a coffee with a sunrise view, then drive leisurely along little country roads enjoying the farms and the stunning colours of autumn IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH In bed with. Daniel Smith. (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for. I’ve always wanted to go there and see for myself this city of which I’ve heard so many IN BED WITH… THE SENNELIER FAMILY Gustave dies during the 1929 crash and the Maison, renamed Sennelier Frères, is taken over by his sons, brothers Henri and Charles, already involved in the business. The pair will carry on the activities of course. Henri, the chemist, takes over manufacturing and developing the ranges while Charles busies himself with the commercialside of
IN BED WITH… MASTER PAINT-MAKER DAVID COLES Early in the 90’s, David Coles brought from England to Australia his passion for pigments, his expertise in art supplies and his youthful determination. What he could not know at the time though is that this red continent would offer him something most unexpected and surprising: a desire for new colours David’s first factory’slocation
ABOUT & TABLE OF CONTENTS III. h3) Acrylic and Vinyl pastes, gels, mediums and additives. III. h4) Acrylic and Vinyl varnishes. If you have an interest in acrylics you might also enjoy reading about my visit to. – Chroma (Sydney, Australia) – Golden Artist Colours (New Berlin, New York, U.S.A.) – Guerra Paint and Pigment Corp. PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA Introduction When in 1841, John Rand, an American painter invented the collapsible metal tube, I hardly think he knew what a door he was opening for his fellow painters. That tube, which replaced what was a messy business of pig’s bladders, turned the world into a PAINTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I've approached paints more or less in order of appearance on the world stage. Click on a headings below to go straight to that section (only underlined ones have content at this stage) Paint: an introduction Gouache Gouache paint Gouache mediums Gouache varnishes Ink: Introduction Shellac ink Acrylic ink Fountain pen ink Etching inkBlock
PIGMENTS – E) COLOURS AND FAMILIES – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS - e) Colours and families Colours in art stores' racks are usually huddled together in hues and families: beginning with the yellows then oranges, reds, pinks, violets, blues, teals and greens followed by all the Earth colours (Siennas, Umbers, Oxides; etc.) grouped at the end, followed again by the blacks and the whites IN BED WITH… NATURAL PIGMENTS The droughty, scorching summer is mellowing as I reach in the North of California the sleepy and dusty little town of Willits. “Gateway to the Redwoods” and some of the tallest, oldest trees on the planet to the North, vines to the South and weed (the most extensive pharmaceutical marijuana concessions here) to the West, Willits is the most improbable setting for Natural Pigments PIGMENTS – F) A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BINDERS AND MAKING YOUR The common name for that product is a “polymer dispersion”. That is the binder in acrylic paint. You can make your own paint, you can even make your own pastels. There are some ready made binders on the market or you can go ahead and reinvent the wheel. You will need a muller and a slab, both available in glass in most art stores thatalso
PIGMENTS – D) MODERN PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS - d) Modern pigments Although some companies only call modern the very recent organic pigments, I am choosing to start the list of modern pigments in 1704 when the earliest synthetic mineral pigment was invented by chemistry: Prussian blue. (It is debatable butuntil I
PIGMENTS – B) WHAT IS A PIGMENT? – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS – b) What is a pigment? Pigments are small particles of pure colour, insoluble in either oils, resins or water. As soon as you mix these with any kind of binder to make a paint or a paste you will somewhat alter the dazzling beauty and full strength of the colours. “A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND STROKES STARTS WITH ONE GOOD Fudenosatokobo Brush Museum, 5-17-1 Nakamizo, Kumano-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture; and the brush factory I visited in Kumano is called Houkodou, email: info@houkodou.jp. * Of course this last one is a real Japanese proverb, whereas my title was just a parody of the famous one about human travels and endeavors. CALLIGRAPHY, THE ART OF FIN(ER) WRITING At some stage in the Western world most of our languages made the switch to a restricted number of symbolically meaningless shapes which, combined, made the infinity of words we needed to share our ideas and our emotions. There are still variations among alphabets and it took a while to agree on the number of letters IN BED WITH MONA LISA As I needed a link so that readers of the wonderful Institute of Making‘ s newsletter could read the full version there it is! Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at rightnow.
ABOUT & TABLE OF CONTENTS III. h3) Acrylic and Vinyl pastes, gels, mediums and additives. III. h4) Acrylic and Vinyl varnishes. If you have an interest in acrylics you might also enjoy reading about my visit to. – Chroma (Sydney, Australia) – Golden Artist Colours (New Berlin, New York, U.S.A.) – Guerra Paint and Pigment Corp.DRAWING MATERIALS
DRAWING MATERIALS – b1) (Dry) Carbon based – an introduction. “Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since . prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.”. Keith Haring. Welcome to the Carbon family which has offered men for millennia delicious shades of grey and shades ofblack and thus
A TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PAINTS – H) ACRYLIC AND VINYL: 2. GESSOS & GROUNDS – IN Sizing a raw canvas -or any other fabric for that matter- will create a first layer/barrier and is best done by applying one/two coats of Golden’s GAC 100 or a polymer medium such as Matte Medium or Fluid Matte Medium. GAC 200 is also an option if you want more rigidity but must be applied when the temperature is at least 70°F / 21°C. DEAR PIGMENT, (A LOVE LETTER) Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at right now. As you might have understood from all my probing, I’ve been researching you for quite some years now and, knowing already so many things about you, I was even reluctant to IN BED WITH… SHE-WHO-WHISPERS-TO-THE-OCHRES, HEIDI In bed with. She-who-whispers-to-the-ochres, Heidi Gustafson. Just as I cross the border from Canada into the States, the sun emerges from the lake on my right. It’s beautiful, and I’m early. I stop for a coffee with a sunrise view, then drive leisurely along little country roads enjoying the farms and the stunning colours of autumn IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH In bed with. Daniel Smith. (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for. I’ve always wanted to go there and see for myself this city of which I’ve heard so many IN BED WITH… THE SENNELIER FAMILY Gustave dies during the 1929 crash and the Maison, renamed Sennelier Frères, is taken over by his sons, brothers Henri and Charles, already involved in the business. The pair will carry on the activities of course. Henri, the chemist, takes over manufacturing and developing the ranges while Charles busies himself with the commercialside of
IN BED WITH… MASTER PAINT-MAKER DAVID COLES Early in the 90’s, David Coles brought from England to Australia his passion for pigments, his expertise in art supplies and his youthful determination. What he could not know at the time though is that this red continent would offer him something most unexpected and surprising: a desire for new colours David’s first factory’slocation
IN BED WITH MONA LISA As I needed a link so that readers of the wonderful Institute of Making‘ s newsletter could read the full version there it is! Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at rightnow.
ABOUT & TABLE OF CONTENTS III. h3) Acrylic and Vinyl pastes, gels, mediums and additives. III. h4) Acrylic and Vinyl varnishes. If you have an interest in acrylics you might also enjoy reading about my visit to. – Chroma (Sydney, Australia) – Golden Artist Colours (New Berlin, New York, U.S.A.) – Guerra Paint and Pigment Corp.DRAWING MATERIALS
DRAWING MATERIALS – b1) (Dry) Carbon based – an introduction. “Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since . prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.”. Keith Haring. Welcome to the Carbon family which has offered men for millennia delicious shades of grey and shades ofblack and thus
A TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PIGMENTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA Introduction When in 1841, John Rand, an American painter invented the collapsible metal tube, I hardly think he knew what a door he was opening for his fellow painters. That tube, which replaced what was a messy business of pig’s bladders, turned the world into a PAINTS – H) ACRYLIC AND VINYL: 2. GESSOS & GROUNDS – IN Sizing a raw canvas -or any other fabric for that matter- will create a first layer/barrier and is best done by applying one/two coats of Golden’s GAC 100 or a polymer medium such as Matte Medium or Fluid Matte Medium. GAC 200 is also an option if you want more rigidity but must be applied when the temperature is at least 70°F / 21°C. DEAR PIGMENT, (A LOVE LETTER) Dear Pigment, I thought I would give you an update on where I’m at right now. As you might have understood from all my probing, I’ve been researching you for quite some years now and, knowing already so many things about you, I was even reluctant to IN BED WITH… SHE-WHO-WHISPERS-TO-THE-OCHRES, HEIDI In bed with. She-who-whispers-to-the-ochres, Heidi Gustafson. Just as I cross the border from Canada into the States, the sun emerges from the lake on my right. It’s beautiful, and I’m early. I stop for a coffee with a sunrise view, then drive leisurely along little country roads enjoying the farms and the stunning colours of autumn IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH In bed with. Daniel Smith. (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for. I’ve always wanted to go there and see for myself this city of which I’ve heard so many IN BED WITH… JIM COBB (AKA MR CHROMA) In bed with. Jim Cobb (aka Mr Chroma) Leaving the Chroma factory after been given a visit of the whole place, I muse that I’ve only got half of a story. Yes, I’ve collected evidence: the colour spills, the empty tubes, the rolls of labels, the large vats with paint decanting while others are being stirred with the biggest ‘spoonA TO Z INDEX
Hi there, below is an alphabetical list of all subjects covered in this blog please click on any word to jump to that page Only the red ones are truly done but most are close to being published (promise!) Thanks for your patience enjoy! Acrylic: Acrylic Ink Acrylic PIGMENTS – F) A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BINDERS AND MAKING YOUR The common name for that product is a “polymer dispersion”. That is the binder in acrylic paint. You can make your own paint, you can even make your own pastels. There are some ready made binders on the market or you can go ahead and reinvent the wheel. You will need a muller and a slab, both available in glass in most art stores thatalso
PAINTS – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I've approached paints more or less in order of appearance on the world stage. Click on a headings below to go straight to that section (only underlined ones have content at this stage) Paint: an introduction Gouache Gouache paint Gouache mediums Gouache varnishes Ink: Introduction Shellac ink Acrylic ink Fountain pen ink Etching inkBlock
PAINTS – F) OIL: 1. PAINT – IN BED WITH MONA LISA Paint – in bed with mona lisa. PAINTS – f) Oil: 1. Paint. When the word ART is mentioned, I would bet that in most people’s minds what pops up is a painting and, most probably, an oil painting. Which is pretty normal since for six long centuries, oil painting reigned unchallenged either technically or in terms of prestige on the Western PIGMENTS – E) COLOURS AND FAMILIES – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS - e) Colours and families Colours in art stores' racks are usually huddled together in hues and families: beginning with the yellows then oranges, reds, pinks, violets, blues, teals and greens followed by all the Earth colours (Siennas, Umbers, Oxides; etc.) grouped at the end, followed again by the blacks and the whites IN BED WITH… NATURAL PIGMENTS The droughty, scorching summer is mellowing as I reach in the North of California the sleepy and dusty little town of Willits. “Gateway to the Redwoods” and some of the tallest, oldest trees on the planet to the North, vines to the South and weed (the most extensive pharmaceutical marijuana concessions here) to the West, Willits is the most improbable setting for Natural Pigments PIGMENTS – B) WHAT IS A PIGMENT? – IN BED WITH MONA LISA I. PIGMENTS – b) What is a pigment? Pigments are small particles of pure colour, insoluble in either oils, resins or water. As soon as you mix these with any kind of binder to make a paint or a paste you will somewhat alter the dazzling beauty and full strength of the colours. IN BED WITH… THE SENNELIER FAMILY Gustave dies during the 1929 crash and the Maison, renamed Sennelier Frères, is taken over by his sons, brothers Henri and Charles, already involved in the business. The pair will carry on the activities of course. Henri, the chemist, takes over manufacturing and developing the ranges while Charles busies himself with the commercialside of
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EVERYTHING YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ART MATERIALS BUT DIDN'T DARE TO ASK THE SHOP ASSISTANT PIGMENTS ON MY BUCKET LIST… I always found bucket lists an idiotic first world annoyingly greedy ‘even-if-it-costs-the-Earth-I-want-to-have-it-all’ sort of thing. Until I realised I had one! Mine of course, haha, is of the more educated type. My wish list comprises to be able to touch the medieval manuscripts in the Cambridge collection and A. Boogert’s sole copyof his Traité…
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MUNSELL CHIPS ANYONE? Until a couple of months ago I hardly knew and cared even less about Albert Henry Munsell. Researching colour I had come across some of his beautifully painted charts and somehow knew he was relevant to colour theory but, despite the fact that he was obviously a name among only a handful or two that…Read More
NAMING THE FUGITIVE, THE ELUSIVE, THE UNNAMEABLE… PART 1 If one says “Red” (the name of a colour) and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different. Josef Albers Obviously our rainbow is not going to suffice… even with the addition…Read More
IN BED WITH… THE SENNELIER FAMILY I could have subtitled this post “12 shades of grey” but perhaps, just perhaps mind you, it might have been going a little too far… and yet they exist: Cold grey, Blue grey, Light grey, English grey, Yellow grey, Grey green, Reddish brown grey, Medium grey, Violet grey, Grey deep, Payne’s grey, Charcoal grey… see…Read More
IN BED WITH… JIM COBB (AKA MR CHROMA) Leaving the Chroma factory after been given a visit of the whole place, I muse that I’ve only got half of a story. Yes, I’ve collected evidence: the colour spills, the empty tubes, the rolls of labels, the large vats with paint decanting while others are being stirred with the biggest ‘spoon’ before their contents…Read More
IN BED WITH… OCHRE Ochre? Ocher? I’ll choose the first spelling… No offense intended, ochre is simply more visually pleasing to me, in all probability only because it’s the same as the French spelling I have always been familiar with. Oddly in English (being the baffling thing it is) ochre and ocher are pronounced the same. Personal taste will…Read More
IN BED WITH… MASTER PAINT-MAKER DAVID COLES Early in the 90’s, David Coles brought from England to Australia his passion for pigments, his expertise in art supplies and his youthful determination. What he could not know at the time though is that this red continent would offer him something most unexpected and surprising: a desire for new colours… David’s first factory’slocation…
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IN BED WITH… ISABELLE ROCHÉ & MARGARET ZAYER Hard to believe Margaret is not a direct descendant of one of Renoir’s favourite model… perhaps that rather cocky girl tying the ribbon of her hat? Or that one leaning her whole body to better hear her lover’s words in her ear… Although today positively more in the vein of La Femme à la collerette…Read More
IN WHICH YOU UNDERSTAND WHY YOUR PAPER PAD HAS A DRAWING OF A HOT-AIR BALLON ON THE COVER… I must have been no more than 8 or 9 when I spent a few weeks at my best friend’s family holiday home in Varagnes. I had heard much about it before but somehow that year, for the first and one time, I joined the crazy clan there. My friend Natalia was the youngest ofthat…
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THE VERY FIRST SPOOF OF THE MONA LISA… I always thought the very first spoof of the Mona Lisa was Marcel Duchamp’s more than naughty LHOOQ but it turns out I was totally wrong. Way before his 1919 ‘appropriation’ another artist, Eugène Bataille (according to Wiki better known under the name of Arthur Sapeck but I had never heard of either until yesterday)…Read More
IN BED WITH… DANIEL SMITH (Well, John Cogley really, CEO of Daniel Smith art materials and the man who, for all intents and purposes, has now become Dan Smith) Any reason that would require to go to Seattle I would probably have been game for… I’ve always wanted to go there and see for myself this city of which I’ve…Read More
“A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND STROKES STARTS WITH ONE GOOD BRUSH.”* Imagine my excitement when I heard there was a little town, Kumano, which was deemed THE brush capital of Japan and found out there were more than eighty brush makers still making brushes traditionally, a brush festival, a national calligraphy competition, a “day of the brush” week held there yearly AND a brush museum… Had…Read More
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In bed with Mona Lisa -literally! #airportfind #sweetdreams In a strange sort of way, maybe intended, these eclectic displays of the Forbes collection reflect the messy, random way we obsessively searched for colours and the ingredients they could combine with to make our lovely paints and other materials we can use to make Art. They most certainly draw their very own map of the world: berries from Persia, cowhide glue from Kyoto, plaster lime from Florence and Meudon white, wood cuttings from Brazil, pink earth from Constantinople, a ball of raw Indian yellow, lapis from Lazuli, copal from Zanzibar and madder root grown in… E.W. Forbes’s garden! Read the full post of my visit to the fabulous Forbes pigment collection… https://inbedwithmonalisa.com/2019/06/01/pigments-on-my-bucket-list/ #inbedwithmonalisa #forbespigmentcollection #foggartmuseum #foggmuseum #harvardartmuseums #pigments #renzopiano #rawpigments #naturalpigments #pigment #exploringcolourpigments #pigsbladders #earthcolours #cochineal #yinmnblue #mummybrown #indigo #lapislazuli #Vermillion #Cinnabar #Realgar #colours #coloursinmylife #munsell2018 #Inter-SocietyColorCouncil #AssociationInternationaledelaCouleur #BostonMass #bostonmassachusetts #MassArt What I was not prepared for in the least, when I visited the Forbes pigment collection, was that random, mumble jumble of old measuring devices, pig’s bladders, tubes, bottles, phials, boxes, shakers, trays, Petri dishes on the shelves behind these scientific looking doors. Furthermore, every little or large bottle had a different shape, colour, original label and cap: twist, seal, plug, cork, glass. Some look so rusted that you had to wonder if they had ever been opened. But yes is the answer as every item is strung now with a neat little label complete with barcode and all the pigments –their characteristics, spectra, etc.– are in a database accessible to professionals, often restorers, in need of such information. If in the mood, you can check it yourself here. Read the full post of my visit to the fabulous Forbes pigment collection… https://inbedwithmonalisa.com/2019/06/01/pigments-on-my-bucket-list/ #inbedwithmonalisa #forbespigmentcollection #foggartmuseum #foggmuseum #harvardartmuseums #pigments #renzopiano #rawpigments #naturalpigments #pigment #exploringcolourpigments #pigsbladders #earthcolours #cochineal #yinmnblue #mummybrown #indigo #lapislazuli #Vermillion #Cinnabar #Realgar #colours #coloursinmylife #munsell2018 #Inter-SocietyColorCouncil #AssociationInternationaledelaCouleur #BostonMass #bostonmassachusetts #MassArt As expected –and anticipated– I meet at the Forbes pigment collection some old acquaintances but some I discover too. A bit like seeing for the first time old pen friends you know so much about but have never seen for real. Here are the ancient blues: indigo, genuine ultramarine, Egyptian frit, Mayan blue; the fiery –and mostly deadly– reds: Vermillion, Cinnabar, Realgar, Cochineal, the not less toxic Emerald Green or lead white. One can even admire ‘in the flesh’ a piece of Mummy and ‘in the particle’ the striking YInMn Blue. Read the full post of my visit to the fabulous Forbes pigmentcollection…
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One would assume the pigments of the Forbes collection to reside in a vault underground or at least in the lower ‘historical’ section of the building but not at all. There they are at the top, aligned in lab-like glass cabinets along a narrow corridor paneled with glass too so that you can see it (the collection) from the courtyard even if you can’t see them (the pigments). When you reach the fourth floor and finally enter Ali Baba’s colour stash, with the sun shining through the ceiling, hitting the beams and scattered by all this glass, it is breathtaking –if virtually impossible to take a good picture in there! Read the full post of my visit to the fabulous Forbes pigmentcollection…
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I always found bucket lists an idiotic first world annoyingly greedy ‘even-if-it-costs-the-Earth-I-want-to-have-it-all’ sort of thing. Until I realised I had one! Mine of course, haha, is of the more educated type. My wish list comprises to be able to touch the medieval manuscripts in the Cambridge collection and A. Boogert’s sole copy of his Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau kept in the Bibliothèque Méjanes in Aix-en Provence, or to visit the Gamblin factory or…. the Forbes pigment collection. All of these can only be accessed if you are a professional in the field with an excellent reason to need to manipulate these rare books or that pigment sample. They are NOT open to the public. And so, basically, my wish list grows while I wait for miracles! Read the full post of my visit to the fabulous Forbes pigment collection… https://inbedwithmonalisa.com/2019/06/01/pigments-on-my-bucket-list/ #inbedwithmonalisa #forbespigmentcollection #foggartmuseum #foggmuseum #harvardartmuseums #pigments #renzopiano #rawpigments #naturalpigments #pigment #exploringcolourpigments #earthcolours #cochineal #mayanblue #colours #coloursinmylife #munsell2018 #Inter-SocietyColorCouncil #AssociationInternationaledelaCouleur #BostonMass #bostonmassachusetts#MassArt
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