I was on vacation on Vancouver Island, and stopped at an art supply store. They had a display of a small Canadian brand of handmade watercolours – Stoneground Paint Company, so I decided to pick up a small palette to try out. I chose a small set of six colours called the Vancouver Island Palette. […]
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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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I’m taking a close look at two hues of green that are very dark straight from the tube – viridian hue permanent and jenkins green.
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I’m taking a look at two yellow-greens: green gold and brilliant yellow green. I like them both quite a bit, but they are dramatically different colours.
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Both sap green and hookers green acrylic paint are popular choices that artists choose to keep on their palette. I spent some time trying out a few colour mixes to get to know each of the colours a bit better. Both are yellow-leaning greens, however Hookers green is a bit more blue. Keep in mind
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I’m taking a look at how a pair of warm red acrylic paints, cadmium red and cadmium-free red light, mix with a few other common paint colours. All reds are considered warm, however some learn towards orange, which I consider warmer reds. Other lean towards blue, which I count as cooler reds. Both types of
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There are two very popular choices for the cool red acrylic paint colours on your palette, and I’m going to do a quick comparison of the two to see a few of the colours you can mix. I’m testing out alizarin crimson hue and quinacridone magenta. I’ve used both a fair amount, and I probably
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I’ve used cadmium yellow medium hue acrylic paint fairly extensively, but I am taking a course which had cadmium yellow deep on its supplies list, so I’m putting the two head to head to see the differences between the two. For the course, I purchased a cadmium-free yellow deep, so I can compare it to
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Cobalt and ultramarine blue are two similar shades of blue. I typically use ultramarine blue when I paint, but I’ve also had a tube of cobalt blue kicking around my box of acrylics, so I decided to put the two head-to-head and compare. I’ve always considered cobalt and ultramarine to be the most classic blue
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