Discussion with the master paintmakers of Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors
King’s & Video Blue: The Essential Palette Are blue tints, such as our King’s and Video Blue, essential colors for your palette or only supplemental mixtures, merely for convenience? True, our King’s Blue, for instance, is Ultramarine tinted with white. But when it is purchased already mixed, the result is […]
Welcome Phthalo Blues to your palette! Without question, Phthalo Blue is bright, strong and often overpowering in a mixture. Newer variations, such as our Phthalo Blue, green shade and our Phthalo Blue, red shade offer a greater range of mixing possibilities for today’s painter. Here’s a few reasons why any […]
We were delighted to help sponsor the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association’s (MAPAPA) Annual Meeting this year, at the Chesapeake Fine Arts Studio, in Stevensville, MD on April 6th. It was an amazing day of activity and insightful presentations including painting demonstrations by Larry Moore (in oils) and by Stewart […]
Prussian Blue: First Blue Prussian Blue, the first blue synthetic pigment for artists, dates back to 1704. Its accidental discovery by a Berlin color maker, Diesbach, was a closely guarded secret for the next two decades until the formulation was published, in 1724. By this time an intern of Diesbach, […]
The Modern Impressionist Set is our latest palette collection of 8 bright tints: Ruby Violet Light Orchid Rosebud Brilliant Yellow Light Brilliant Lemon Light Rousseau Green Extra Pale Video Blue Extra Pale King’s Blue The Modern Impressionist Set Color Creates the Space Reminiscent of the high key color […]
Our genuine Manganese Blue is the authentic single pigment, PB 33 – Barium Manganate. Smooth and transparent, this heavenly blue mineral pigment is delicate but not weak! Because our Manganese Blue is not a hue and is not a mixture containing Phthalocyanine (Phthalo) Blue, the consistency and color strength is […]
