Today I’m taking a closer look at two pale neutral acrylic paints – N8 neutral gray and titan buff. I’ve used titan buff quite extensively and have just recently added N8 neutral gray to my collection. Both are quite pale – they land at about 8 on a value scale from 1-10, with 1 being […]
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I’ve been examining different similar acrylic paint colours, testing out colour mixes to see how the slight differences in hue might be useful (or not) as an acrylic artist. Today, I’m looking at titanium white and zinc white acrylic paint. These two white colours are the most common white acrylic paints. If you’re a beginner
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Which gray is the best gray for your paint palette? I’m examining two versions of gray acrylic paint, including one of the most popular: payne’s gray. The second shade of gray is N5 Neutral Gray. Not every artist likes to have a gray paint as part of their acrylic palette. Many do, though, as a
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To many, black paint is black paint. They aren’t necessarily that different. But for an artist, you might want to get to understand the different versions of black paint available to you so you can make a worthwhile choice for your palette. In this post, I’m getting to know bone black and ivory black acrylic
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If you’ve taken a look at some of the posts on my blog, you can probably figure out that I enjoy learning about acrylic paint colours and how they can be used together. One colour combo that I particularly love is burnt sienna and ultramarine blue. The two mix to easily create a beautiful, dark
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Black acrylic paint is controversial in the art world. Some artists won’t touch them, saying it deadens their paintings. Others love having them on their palette, using them as a shortcut to create deeper colours from others on their palette. I’m taking a close look at carbon black and mars black in this post, looking
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Today I’m looking at a couple cool-leaning yellows: hansa yellow light and cadmium-free yellow light acrylic paint. Cool-leaning yellows have a touch of green in them. This might not be obvious at first glance but will become more obvious when mixing because they’ll produce bright greens with certain blues. If you want to mix a
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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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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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