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USK Symposium in Toulouse, Day One
The first day of the Urban Sketchers’ Symposium is over! It took about two weeks.
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Color Vibrations: Making Color Sing, Chapter 18
“Vibration occurs when two colors interact to add visual tension,” Jeanne Dobie explains in chapter 18 of Making Color Sing. She seems to have a very specific idea in her mind of what “vibration” is, showing examples and declaring “these vibrate” and “these don’t.” I don’t always see it, personally, but the main gist seems…
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Off to another Urban Sketchers’ Symposium!
In the murky past (last year) I attended my first ever Urban Sketchers’ Symposium, and pretty much live-blogged it here (starting on Day Zero). My undercover spy report was popular, at least with the denizens of Logan’s discord, so I am going to do it again, this time in Toulouse!
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Brand Overview: A.Gallo
Jessi Have you heard of the stunning handmade Italian paint brand, A Gallo? Come with me, down the handmade paint rabbit hole… When I started watercolor painting, I didn’t know what brands I’d like, and was excited to explore. However, when I was gifted an A Gallo set, I was mystified by how to work…
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Paint Passages: Making Color Sing, Chapter 17
In chapter 17 of Making Color Sing, Jeanne Dobie is defining yet a new term: “paint passages.” Simply put, a paint passage is a color that weaves throughout your scene, leading and delighting the eye in its different variations – warmer of cooler, muted or intense, lighter or darker. Jeanne Dobie, Making Color Sing, p.…
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A review of my Corsica travel palette
The only limited palette I have is my outdoor and travel palette. I have been painting outside for around four years now. After each major vacation, I try to evaluate what colors I used most, colors I didn’t use, colors I missed or colors I just want to switch up. Sometimes I pack colors that…
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Color Disguise: Making Color Sing, Chapter 16
In chapter 16 of Making Color Sing, Jeanne Dobie explains how to design a low-contrast color context that will help you de-emphasize a subject without repainting or glazing it. This is the opposite of “singing color,” it’s quieting color!
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Brand Overview: Maimeri Blu
Maimeri Blu watercolors are produced in Italy. The company, founded in 1923, began making watercolor in the 1990s and followed with reformulations and updates to the line. In 2018 the reformulation and catalog transitioned to consist solely of 90 single pigment colors. Maimeri’s website states they are made with pure pigment using gum arabic as…
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Brand Overview: Sennelier
Sennelier is a French brand of professional art supplies established in 1887 in Paris. The brand has been offering watercolors since 1893. Their paints are still produced in France with traditional methods. Their watercolors use a binder of gum arabic and honey, meant to give brilliance and smoothness to the paint and making them easy…
