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Zoe
| | Posted on Friday, November 5, 2004 - 7:23 pm: |  |
Robert, again thanks for the info. I think I did know that the pigments are available here in the States but now that I've over-bought, I'm avoiding all shops and shopping :) |
Robert
| | Posted on Friday, November 5, 2004 - 10:19 am: | |
FYI--Dixie art supply and Texas art supply (Mister Art) --both on web--sell the Maimeri jars of fresh pigment. I also think Maimeri has access to the original clays that made up the traditional siennas. Most others have gone to synthetic siennas or clays from other countries. |
Zoe
| | Posted on Friday, November 5, 2004 - 9:59 am: | |
Robert, you make a good point. In all other mediums I've kept manufacturers separate - with w/c I seem to have strayed from one to another and have been mixing these together.
Now Maimeriblu, one of only two acrylic paints I've found myself using, became more fascinating to me when I visited Italy last winter. It was the single featured paint in all art centers and was sold, if requested, from fresh pigment. I was very tempted to buy a half dozen or so colours but these are mixed into glass containers and I decided this was a good way to muck up my luggage. I may regret the decision or go back to Sicily . Most of the artists I met whether they painted china or on board/canvas/paper made or had made their paints. However, one artist I met, bought a painting from and talked to in pidgin Italian mixed his paints widely (including decorative paints) and I loved his work!
The subtlety of mixing is probably only evident when making close comparisons. |
Robert
| | Posted on Friday, November 5, 2004 - 9:24 am: | |
With all of the shuffling and sample in my palette that has recently occured due to the exiting of Grumbacher Finest from the market, I noticed something that I hadn't fully appreciated before.
I think maybe that if you keep your palette within one company you are more likely to have a harmonius palette. I was sample Maimerible raw sienna, burnt sienna, and ultramarine deep for instance. The raw sienna mixes with the ultramarine to produce the most beautiful
grayed green. If I mix the grumbacher with it I get a dirt brown gray. That's one of countless examples. I reaed an interview with Stephen Quiller, who has endorsed Maimeribu and sells them on his website, that he visited the factory in Italy. He says he was bowled over by the committment to detail, to making all of the colors
in their palette work together. Besides the mixing issue, I've noticed Maimeribku varies the ox gall content drastically from one color to another. Interestingly, the colors most likely to be brushed into an existing wet wash have the oxgall. They spread beautifully. I am sure winsor newton works out their colors this way too. I only mention it because I have always picked and chosen individual paints I liked regardless of manufacturer and this works well enough. There may be, however, an added harmony factor in staying with one for your whole palette. Just a speculation. |
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