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Color Bridges: Making Color Sing, Chapter 15
I’m working my way through Jeanne Dobie’s Making Color Sing. Last time, we finally finished the five-chapter run on glazing. Now, we introduce a new concept: color bridges. Color bridges are soft transitions from one section of the painting to another by dropping some of the color from section A into the color for section
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Art with a Latex Allergy
I have recently developed a latex allergy, which has been destabilizing in many ways! Latex, aka natural rubber, is in so many household objects, and it’s often not disclosed or labeled. The standard advice is to “ask the manufacturer,” but I have found that many manufacturers, or at least the representatives I am able to
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Brand Overview: Da Vinci Paint Company
Da Vinci Paint Company is an American professional paint brand founded in 1975 (not to be confused with the German paintbrush maker also called Da Vinci: they are unrelated.) A family-run, small-batch company, they make watercolor, gouache, and oil paints in their mill in Orange County in southern California. At this time, they offer 127
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Brand Overview: QoR
Brand Overviewis a series where multiple posters give their opinions on a brand. Thus far, we have covered Schmincke Horadam, Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Holbein, Roman Szmal, Rosa Gallery, White Nights and Rembrandt. QoR watercolors are produced by the company Golden Artist Colors which was founded by Sam Golden in 1980. Sam is known
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Brand Overview: Rembrandt
Brand Overview is a series where multiple posters give their opinions on a brand. Thus far, we have covered Schmincke Horadam, Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Holbein, Roman Szmal, Rosa Gallery and White Nights. Rembrandt Artists Watercolors are a professional level watercolor made since 1899 by Royal Talens from the Netherlands. They also produce a
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Ian Roberts’ Intersection Center of Interest Rule
Not all Youtube art videos feel like clickbait to me. For example, Ian Roberts’ One Simple Compositional Structure to Improve Your Paintings feels nicely straightforward: it contains a specific tip! In case you’d rather read than watch, Roberts suggests this structure for organizing the composition of a landscape painting: The center of interest is at
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Brand Overview: White Nights
Brand Overview is a series where multiple posters give their opinions on a brand. Thus far, we have covered Schmincke Horadam, Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Holbein, Roman Szmal and Rosa Gallery. Nevskaja Palitra White Nights is a professional grade watercolor produced in St. Petersburg, Russia. Their name White Nights comes from the nights in
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What does luminosity mean in watercolor painting?
Watercolor paintings are often called “luminous,” but what does that mean and how can you get more luminosity in your paintings?
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Brand Overview: Rosa Gallery
Brand Overview is a series where multiple posters give their opinions on a brand. Thus far, we have covered Schmincke Horadam, Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Holbein and Roman Szmal. Rosa Gallery is a professional watercolor brand from Ukraine. Founded in 1996, they produced canvases for artists. Over time they developed more artist products. In
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Glazing in Practice: Making Color Sing, Chapters 13-14
I’m working my way through Jeanne Dobie’s Making Color Sing. The last several chapters have been about glazing (see: chapters ten, eleven, twelve). Surprise, surprise: chapters 13 and 14 are, too! I’ve combined them because they are similar. The main idea for both chapters is pretty simple: if you get to the end of your
