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On Pigments (Part 2) – Natural Inorganic Pigments

On Pigments (Part 2) – Natural Inorganic Pigments

Reading Time: 9 minutesPreviously, we discussed some basic ways of categorising pigments, looking at the organic/inorganic and natural/synthetic definitions and then progressing a little into qualities in use. I am going to continue this, in a series of four further posts, diving a little deeper in the categorisations …

On Pigments

On Pigments

Reading Time: 12 minutesGetting to the bottom of how pigments (and indeed different preparations thereof) behave ultimately can become a bit of a rabbit hole. I will aim in this post to wander, perhaps circuitously, through some of my thoughts and considerations when exploring and using different pigments …

More Wallace Seymour Goodness

More Wallace Seymour Goodness

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs seems to be not uncommon with my brain, I find something, I get obsessed. I’m talking of course about more Wallace Seymour watercolours. To be fair, these are not going to become my primary materials, but there is something about them that speaks to …