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My Encore Excursions

  • Transparent Orange

    It’s color week 16 and some color mixing this week brings transparent orange to the post. Interestingly, in Europe, the color orange didn’t have a name until the 16th century. Prior to that time it was simply called yellow-red. Before the word orange came into common use in English, saffron was sometimes used to describe the […]

    MSRitzman

    April 27, 2021
    Sketching
  • Color Week 15

    Chinese white: an opaque-white watercolor made from zinc-oxide pigment; “Chinese white” was the proprietary name given to zinc-white watercolor by the Winsor and Newton Company, which first introduced it in 1834.  Art Institute of Chicago My current watercolor class instructor frequently add a touch of chinese white when mixing a color to tone it down, and […]

    MSRitzman

    April 21, 2021
    Sketching
  • New Watercolor Class

    I’ve started a new watercolor class with an instructor that has a different approach from past classes – Finding Your Voice in Watercolor (Online) with Yong Hong Zhong.  Looking to learn techniques for fresh brushstrokes and color.

    MSRitzman

    April 15, 2021
    Sketching
  • Cad Yellow

    It was not my intention to feature cadmium yellow but cadmium works almost like yellow gouache so it definitely stands out in this little watercolor sketch and thus has become the color for this weeks post. This is a work completed while participating in Karen Abend Sketchbook Revival … this was a workshop featuring Shari […]

    MSRitzman

    April 13, 2021
    Sketching
  • Blooming Color

    The landscape is filled with the pale pink blossoms of cherry, plum and tulip trees. This week the color is Quinacridone Magenta. This was one of the first colors on my palette when I started watercolor. A perfect pink tone for the trees in bloom.

    MSRitzman

    April 7, 2021
    2022 Color
  • Color week 14

    Naples Yellow is semi-transparent and non-staining.  It is the color for what we are dreaming about right now, sun-baked landscapes, wheat fields, and sunflowers! The origins of Naples yellow remain unclear, but it’s one of the oldest known pigments. We know it was used by Egyptians as far back as circa 1500 BC to add yellow colour to glass, […]

    MSRitzman

    April 3, 2021
    Sketching

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