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Ron Tamburrini

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This might seem a little obvious to a lot of painters here.
While waiting for current work to dry before the next stage I
decided to do a little paint mix experiments,.
Now most of my oils are getting on a bit and did not require ingredients
to be on the label, so checking some new stuff i noticed what different pigments were involved, so lets call these new paints I bought fancy colors IE
sepia,flesh ocher,venation red and a few others. Sat down and mixed cad red
burnt sienna and yellow ochre "result" flesh ochre,tried another mix and came up with pane's grey I am sure the list is endless.
So with just the primary colors and a couple of earth colors you can come up
with some of the more fanciful ones and save a few bob and spend it on a
figure instead.

Is that just the Scottishness in me or am I just bored waiting for paint to dry
 
Now, its just something some of us know.
But it took alot of time to find the right mixes, and its hard to mix them again.
So, why struggling with the paints when you can buy them.
BTW: it is very good to do these excercise....you learn alot of colors.

Marc
 
It's not just about being tight Ron, if you can paint successfully with only a handful of paints why pay for 20?

Certain convenience colours do make sense for most people - a few earths in particular, maybe a green, black - but if you're using artists' paints there's really no need for a more than a dozen colours or so. Most professional painters use 7-12, which shows what can be achieved with a palette around that size.

Einion
 
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