Exploring Pigments
I have always loved the idea of making my own art materials, and at the same time have always been interested in their history. For me, pigments represent art materials in their purest form, and have a beauty all of their own. Nowadays, most people buy ready made art materials, with a vast array of pre-mixed paints available, but the basic pigments have always been available for artists to purchase and mix their own paints, while if you really want to take it even further and source your own pigments and colours from nature, it can be an entire voyage of discovery! Unlike many ready-mixed paints which will dry out…
Quality Counts
I recently had to buy some new supplies of tempera paint. I couldn’t find the Reeves brand I had used before, so I bought some own-brand paint from a large store. It was a little cheaper, but turned out to be a false economy. It got me thinking about the art materials we give our children to use, and how this might affect their experience, so I decided to road test a few to see what the differences really were, if any. To begin, I compared what I had left of the Reeves tempera paint, with the new paint I bought. As you can see from the results below, the…
