On 5 dec 2008, at 17:13, Diana Bloomfield wrote: Thanks, Henk. That's interesting. I keep wanting to try powder pigments-- mainly because at my local art store here, they have them all lined up in little glass jars on multiple shelves-- and they look so inviting. Using powder pigments seems like it would be a lot more satisfactory, in many ways. I imagine it's harder to use?
Not really, since the old man selling me some pigments mentioned the drops of 90% alcohol to adept the pigment to the mix with arabic gum. Just try the Cad Red M as a start; i was so happy with my result using it with some gouache Chinese Red from Linel:
The 'real' thing i am not able to bring it to the screen, but the print gives me back the cold of a freezing morning waiting for the train. (i took it was a compact camera at 1600 ISO, very bad color picture) cheers, Henk
Really lovely image (both!).
Diana On Dec 5, 2008, at 11:05 AM, henk thijs wrote: Hi Diana,Several coatings, often i start with powder pigment -in this case blue- , several drops of 90% alcohol , and prussian blue gouache. Some way or the other the pigment gives me a sort of desirable grain. After that i continue with watercolor (i 'collect' colors when i am visiting cities , so there are blues like 'delfst blue', 'windsor blue' and a lot more ... and i mix until i am happy - or down the drain ). The format is for both some 40x50 cm. Cheers, Henk
On 5 dec 2008, at 16:14, Diana Bloomfield wrote: These are beautiful, Henk. I love looking at your work; thanks for posting these. I especially like the one-color. Was it just one coat, one color, or multiple coats, one color?
Diana On Dec 5, 2008, at 9:05 AM, henk thijs wrote: ... just to bring something to the list ...
... preparing an exhibition next month, so if somebody is in the area .... , but yes, it is in the very south of the netherlands ...
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