Here are two swatches of ultramarine blue. The one on the left is in egg tempera. The one on the right is Doak’s ultramarine blue medium oil paint. Both are mixed with titanium white at the bottom. It’s not as obvious in this photo as it is in real life that the tempera is lighter and higher in chroma. A number of pigments, especially earths, are brighter in tempera.
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13 June 2008 at 12:08 AM
Todd Leninger
It’s good to be an art geek :)
I love the shadow of your hair in your self-portrait, very sucessful.
I am also on a similar path, and can appreciate your goals.
Just thought you’d like to hear that you are not alone in your quest (since there are only four of us out here)
Todd Leninger
13 June 2008 at 12:09 AM
Todd Leninger
It’s scary when I can’t spell “success” properly:)
13 June 2008 at 8:30 PM
David
Todd,
Thanks very much. From looking over your site, I’m impressed by your work and your dedication to traditional methods. The drawings, in particular, are rendered with great sensitivity.
Yes, it is clear that we are both unapologetic art geeks.
9 August 2008 at 12:47 PM
José Colombé
Good evening Mister Rourke,
I am allways pleased to read your articles, and as Mister Leninger says, you are not alone in your quest, my students and myself have the same goal.
Indeed, a lot of pigments are richer and higher in chroma when ground in Tempera, even in “Tempera grassa” and mostly when this tempera contains Venetian turpentine.
Sinceres felicitations.
José Colombé (Corsica, France)