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Schmincke Gouache Color Mixes

by Faye O. on February 4, 2010

So … I’ve been playing with my new gouache paints lately. As I’ve written in my first Schmincke gouache blog entry, I bought eight single pigment paints (a warm and cool version of each primary, and two secondaries):

Lemon Yellow (PY3)
Indian Yellow (PY153)
Vermillion Tone (PR255)
Purple Magenta (PR122)
Quinacridone Violet (PV19)
Ultramarine Deep (PB29)
Helio Blue (PB15:3)
Helio Green Bluish (PG7)

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Tagged as: Schmincke Horadam Gouache

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Derivan Liquid Pencil

by Faye O. on November 8, 2009

in Color Charts, Graphite, Reviews, Sketches

I was perusing online at Blick Art Materials several weeks ago (what else to do on a lazy Sunday morning, hehe), and I saw they had a new product listed under the ink category. It’s called ‘Derivan Liquid Pencil’. The product piqued my curiosity. ‘Liquid Pencil’? Isn’t that an oxymoron in itself? I googled [...]

Tagged as: Derivan Liquid Pencil

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Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolor Pencils

by Faye O. on October 29, 2009

in Color Charts, Color Pencils, Reviews, Sketches, Watercolor

One of my favorite online art supply stores, Artifolk, had a ‘buy 4 get 1 free’ offer on Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils. After doing some calculations to try justifying why I should purchase them, I finally gave in (hehehe) and ordered 20 pencils, which means I received 5 pencils free. By the way, I [...]

Tagged as: Canson Fanboy Manga Drawing Paper, Daniel Smith iridescent watercolor, Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolor Pencils

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