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    Tip #64

    More Exploring
    your Pigments
    I'll admit there's a lot to know about pigments, and color theory and all
    - whole books have been written on the subject! We'll keep it rela-
    tively simple, though - that's why this is art tips, not art book. This
    should be plenty to get you started, or to act as a refresher for you old
    hands out there.

    Good art supply stores, like Daniel Smith (http://danielsmith.com) have color charts in their catalogs and online.
    There, they tell you all sorts of useful information, like how transparent a color is, if it granulates or not, if it's
    lightfast, staining, or whatever. But there's no substitute for making your OWN show-and-tell demos to keep on
    file in your studio. Learning, hands on, is fun, interesting, plus it stays with you!

    Art 64-1, Staining colors


    You can get interesting effects with staining Art 64-1
    and non-staining colors ... but you need to
    know which are which. Some colors lift
    easily, allowing you to come close to regain-
    ing white paper, others sink into your paper.

    Art 64-2, Making semi-opaque


    watercolors work for you!

    Some watercolorists avoid the more opaque


    colors, but I find them quite useful in some
    situations-where I want a small bit of color in an
    otherwise dark or drab spot where a transparent
    pigment would just disappear, or when I want to
    add a soft glaze of fog. So, you need to know
    which colors are transparent and which are semi-
    opaque. Make a stripe of black-India ink is best-
    and allow it to dry, then paint over it with a
    strong, saturated stroke of each of your colors.
    You may be surprised at the result!

    Art 64-2
    Art 64-3, Granulation

    Some colors are ground from


    minerals or earths, and tend to
    granulate or separate more
    readily. That can be a very
    interesting and atmospheric
    effect, as you can see in these
    clouds. In this case, ultrama-
    rine blue was used as the
    granulating color, but manga-
    nese blue hue and others will
    also give lovely effects. Some
    of the new mineral (Primatek)
    colors from Daniel Smith will
    granulate nicely, and Winsor &
    Newton even makes a granu-
    lating agent to add to other
    colors!
    Art 64-3

    Art 64-4, Test drive your colors

    I often suggest that people REALLY get to know your


    colors, particularly if there's one that is giving you
    trouble. Usually that color is green, but recently one of
    my students asked about the difficulty of getting a
    variety of reds, including darks.

    It helps to start out with a red of a deeper value, of


    course-Cadmium Red Light wouldn't be the best choice,
    but Alizarin Crimson, if mixed fairly strong, would be.

    Then, try out a variety of mixes, with complementary


    colors (greens), blues to cool and deepen, even a Payne's
    Gray to just add a bit of depth.
    Art 64-4

    There is much, much more on the basics on my new CD, Watercolor


    Basics, from pigments to paper and brushes to washes and more --
    available in my Café Press store, http://www.cafepress.com/
    cathy_johnson, and on my website, http://www.cathyjohnson.info/
    cdfolder/cd-2.html.

    © Copyright Cathy Johnson Graphics/Fine Arts, All Rights Reserved


    Website: http://www.cathyjohnson.info, Email: graphicart@epsi.net

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