Yellow can be a tricky colour to paint with in acrylics . It can be easily overpowered by other colours. Enter the yellow earth pigments, like yellow ochre and yellow oxide. These can hold their own on a palette although aren’t as bright or pure-looking as a lemon yellow or many of the cadmium yellows. […]
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Raw sienna and burnt sienna are natural pigments, sourced from the earth. They are named after the Sienna region in Italy, where the pigment was originally mined. Now, different manufacturers source the pigment from different regions or use synthetics or different oxides to mimic it. Both versions have excellent permanency. Watch me compare raw and
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When you’re an acrylic artist, you’re always painting. Some paintings are more successful than others, and it can get really pricey to always paint on canvases. I save a ton of money by painting acrylics in a sketchbook. Now, some of you may be thinking that painting acrylics in a sketchbook would cause nothing but
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Let’s talk umbers – specifically raw and burnt umber. Umber is an ochre, which means it’s an earth pigment. In umber’s case, it’s iron with manganese oxide. Essentially, a rock which is ground up to be a paint pigment. It’s a brown shade, and can be quite cool and dark, depending on which version. While
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Today I’m examining my absolute favourite colour on the colour wheel: turquoise! I’ll compare two hues of green-blue paint, Teal and Cobalt Turquoise acrylic paint. Both are mixes of various pigments, and while similar hues can be mixed using green and blue, if you like the colours, it can be nice to have a tube
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If you’re starting out on your acrylic painting journey – congratulations! You’re choosing a wonderful medium that allows you to paint an incredible range of art, from incredibly detailed images to wildly imaginative abstracts and everything in between. To start yourself off, you’ll need some beginner acrylic painting supplies – and I’m sharing my tips
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Orange is a secondary colour on the colour wheel because it can be mixed using red and yellow paint. In this post, I’ll take a closer look at two hues of orange acrylic paint – cadmium orange and vat orange. I’ll compare how the two mix with other hues of paint around the colour wheel.
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Today I’m comparing two secondary colours on the colour wheel – dioxazine purple and cobalt violet hue. The pair of colours are very different straight from the tube, so after I spend some time mixing them with other hues, I expect to see different potential uses. Some background on purples and violets. Violet encompasses a
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Let’s talk phthalo greens. You may have stood in an art store, wondering what the difference between the two shades on the shelf are. Phthalo green (blue shade) and phthalo green (yellow shade) are two colours available from many professional-level acrylic paints. Both are very vibrant colours and can seem hard to control. Some artists
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Drawing can be a very inexpensive hobby. You don’t need many beginner drawing supplies to be able to spend hours and hours learning to draw. If you’re interested in any sort of representational art, whether painting landscapes, still lifes, portraits or more, practicing your drawing skills is worth your time. The skills you learn with
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