Discussion with the master paintmakers of Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors
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 […]
Portraits of Immigrants: Unknown Faces, Untold Stories An exhibition of the first ten oil portraits, Portraits of Immigrants: Unknown Faces, Untold Stories opened May 17, 2018 in Long Island City, at The Gallery at Diego Salazar Antique Frames, 21-25 44th Rd., LIC, NY Betsy Ashton at work in her studio on the […]
The Student Concours – Sharon Sprung’s Class Each year from January to May, student work at The Art Students League of New York is exhibited in The Student Concours. On view in the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery at The League, 215 West 57thSt., New York, NY, these exhibits showcase the work of […]
A Celebration of Excellence in Portraiture: 20th Portrait Conference The Gala Banquet & Awards Presentation is the highlight each year, but this was the 20thAnniversary of both the conference and the International Portrait Competition – and it was spectacular! Twenty-four top finalists were celebrated this year at the 20thannual Portrait Society […]
Michelle Jung Demonstrates: Wellesley Society of Artists The Wellesley Society of Artists in Wellesley, MA and the Needham Art Association co-hosted a Seascape painting demonstration by Michelle Jung featuring our Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors. The event took place the evening of April 12, 2018, at the Wellesley Free Library in […]
Dannielle Mick Workshop Update Dannielle Mick will offer a new workshop at Lakeside Art Studio this April. Dannielle Mick – How to Paint the Ocean One-Day Workshop Date: April 29th, 2018 Time: 2-5pm Description: Techniques of simplification using basic shapes will be taught to capture the movement of breaking […]
