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Ink part two
Dipping into the history of ink has been somewhat disappointing in that there is not much history about the ‘color’ of writing ink. How did black, blue and red ink come to dominate the ink for handwriting today? The Egyptian and Chinese cultures invented ink simultaneously using charcoal or soot and animal fat hence black […]
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Ink [ part one ]
After 50 weeks of posting about color, I continue to be curious about color in the arts and will continue to explore for another year here. This week it’s ink part one! The curiosity about ink color started when I was setting up some tools for trying modern calligraphy and asked myself ‘how is ink […]
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What Color is Grandpa Green
When a 19 year old tells you his truck color is ‘Grandpa Green’ what comes into my 60 something mind is dusty and slow! This is Color Week 50 and we are about to discover the color dubbed ‘Grandpa Green’. The process of coming up with color names can be surprisingly rigorous, involving color specialists, […]
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Winter Color Icon
Cardinals do not migrate so you can spot them year-round. However, some find it easier to spot them in winter because of their color. Birdwatchingbuzz.com Red is an iconic color of Christmas and the Great Northern Cardinal is an iconic winter bird in many areas of the United States making this red bird the subject […]
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Color Influence
Recently I was chatting with a friend about this blog, posting every week about color. Here we are at Color Week 47. She was remembering that I had given her color cards and a book to help her monitor her moods… WHAT? That was probably 25 years ago, and she was in a stressful position […]
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Thanksgiving Colors
Color Week 46 welcomes Thanksgiving. This past week I started an online class with Shari Blaukopf – Sketching Markets. As I have mentioned previously Shari has a way with color, making this class assigment a perfect homage to the colors on the Thanksgiving table. Enjoy the colors of your Thanksgiving celebration. Hansa Yellow. Sap Green. […]
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Rose Madder Genuine
Color Week 45 is about a ‘Genuine’ color. After much research I have discovered that a color has the designation genuine when the ‘original’ recipe is used in production. That is the case with Rose Madder Genuine discussed in this post. Permanent is the designation when the recipe is reworked as in Rose Madder Permanent. […]
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Mixed Media Days
To explore color in a different way I joined a mixed media class by Lucie Duclos. Lucie teaches virtual classes thru Winslow Art Center. She is an artist with a strong sense of design and she reuses or finds a use for every item you have collected or placed in your craft room ‘to use […]
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Color Chart Therapy
Color charts are so relaxing to create. They are typically in the colors you choose as the artist, they are used to plan a painting, or simply as gradation practice.
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A Brush with Phthalo Blue
In Color Week 42 we are exploring brushes and the color Phthalo Blue. There are so many brushes! There are real hair brushes like sable and camel, synthetic brushes, water brushes and specialty brushes such as bamboo and sumi brushes. everyone has a favorite brush, here we do a simple exploration of the options Round […]
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Hue Strings
Keeping it simple… Color Week 41 explores ‘Hue Strings’. An example of a hue string is shown below for cobalt blue gouache. This string is pure color + white. The exercise is to develop skill in mixing and in recognizing small changes in value. So we create lots of strings! Color is inseparable of it’s […]
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Apatite
Color Week 40 explores Green Apatite Genuine. This is a fascinating sedimentary and granulating color that ranges from a fresh yellow-green to dark olive. My acquisition of the color was by accident – it was included in a boxed set that was on sale. I was getting started in watercolor and thought the colors looked […]
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