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Margret E. Short Fine Arts

Portland, Oregon artist Margret Short - a modern day master of 17th Century Dutch art using the chiaroscuro technique to create still life and floral paintings.

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mercury pigment

Naturally Red

July 16, 2011 by Margret Short

red pigment paint sample

Shown below is my favorite red, cinnabar. It is a pigment found as a mineral in nature and can have a wide variety of hues from bright fire red to a more subtle coral red. The principle property is mercury. It can have striations of opal, quartz, calcite and other minerals. According to Anita Albus in her book, Art of Arts, it is a Greek word, … [Read more...] about Naturally Red

Tagged With: Anita Albus, Art of Arts, calcite, cinnabar, Greek pigments, History of Stones, kinnabari, mercury pigment, opal, Persian, quartz, Theophrastus

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