Discussion with the master paintmakers of Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors
Bluff, Jasper & Cedar: Grays to Quicken the Imagination Nuanced in color and tone, Bluff and Jasper evoke an unreachable and unknowable sense of space or existence. In a mixture, each of these chromatic grays, at opposite ends of the value scale, invites one’s imagination to see the presence of […]
Bruegel: The Hand of the Master Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s unique and innovative use of his materials is an essential focus of Bruegel: The Hand of the Master, the first-ever major exhibition dedicated to the greatest Netherlandish painter of the Sixteenth Century. On view at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria, […]
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 […]
Ochres with a Hint of Color Ochres with a hint of color: pink, brown, or red, are natural yellow earth pigments that have been heated or processed further to add warmth and depth to their mass tones and mixing properties. Already natural in color, these pink, brown, or red ochres […]
Yellow Ochre: Hidden Light Warming a mixture without changing the value, Yellow Ochre, as a natural yellow earth, adds hidden light to flesh tones or other nuanced mixtures. This is especially true when Yellow Ochre is tinted with a traditional Flake White, creating a warm luminous glow due to the […]
Without any Zinc White added, a pure Titanium White is the perfect neutral white for mixing. Robust in color strength yet natural in its brilliance, a pure Titanium White is not a cold white, nor does it skew the mixture too warm. Imaged here are our pure Titanium White […]
Shifting color and light in a mixture, Adobe and Bice offer a unique opportunity to change value and tone with grays as they also modify and soften for a sense of space and distance. Add them to your palette for their colorful hues and subtle brightness, but use the distinctive warmth […]
What if green was an essential primary color, as necessary for mixing as blue or yellow? Limited palettes tend often to skip green pigments forcing painters to mix every green from the same blue and yellow. Even the Impressionists saw the value of a green as essential to their limited […]
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 […]
When deciding upon a black for your palette, think first how you want it to function … a color on its own? … a subtle dark to deepen a mixture? … great for mixing grays? Knowing the differences between black pigments such as Ivory Black, Mars Black or Lamp Black […]
