Tag: Lapis Lazuli

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 …

Primatek, Revisited

Primatek, Revisited

Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter the small set of Daniel Smith Primatek Watercolours I received for Christmas a couple of years ago, I have slowly collected a few more from this range. I am very much still in two minds about these. There is increasing muttering that these are …