Wouldn't it be nice if you could get to know how your paints are going to behave, without just having to experiment and try them out? Instead of getting to know them over time you could see if you are compatible right from the beginning. Sort of speed-dating your paint, rather than going out a few times and then realising your are just not right for each other (I know I might be stretching the dating analogy a little here).
Well, of course you can, if you just read and understand the information the manufacturer puts in teeny tiny writing on the tube. I help decipher it and let you understand why the name is utterly irrelevant, what the difference between Student and Artist paints is (and why you shouldn't be sniffy about Student paints), are single pigment paints better than multiple ones....? We also explore lightfastness, transparency, staining and lifting properties. And we look at what those pigment codes mean and how you can use them.
Of course you might have pans, or the label could have fallen off the tube, so we go through how you can experiment and find out the properties of your paints yourself (and how the manufacturers sometimes get it wrong).
If you want to find out more about colour mixing, please take a look here: • Colour mixing and theo...
If you want to find out about granulation please look here: • Top tips for granulati...
Jane Blundell is a brilliant colourist, so please visit her website www.janeblundellart.com for all your pigment questions.
This blog from Jackson's Art is also very useful: www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2021...
Here are the chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:48 Name is irrelevant
2:03 Student or Artist?
2:38 What is the Series?
3:17 Tube info introduction
3:45 Light fastness
4:17 Transparency
4:42 Health warning
5:08 Back to transparency/opacity
5:35 Is it a staining colour?
6:05 Sap Green example
7:20 Single vs multi pigment colours
9:02 Gamboge
10:33 Same pigment different outcome PV23
13:12 How to do your own tests
18:09 Staining colours
21:00 Hue - oops, I forgot
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