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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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Sinopia

Comparisons

November 19, 2008 by Margret Short

     top left: flake white + vermilion Robert Doak  (tube) top right: cinnabar Monte Amiata Italy Sinopia + flake white (dry pigment with linseed) bottom left: flake white + vermilion Rublev  Natural Pigments (dry pigment with linseed) bottom right: cinnabar Rublev Natural Pigments + flake … [Read more...] about Comparisons

Tagged With: cinnabar, flake white, Monte Amiata Italy, Natural Pigments, Robert Doak, Sinopia, vermilion

Raw Sienna Review

October 12, 2008 by Margret Short

A reader wrote last week confused about the differences between the shades of raw sienna and burnt sienna. As you can see by the image here, not only are the shades different from pigment to pigment but also from supplier to supplier. The five samples shown here are the ones I use on my palette. On the left is the pigment in its pure form with … [Read more...] about Raw Sienna Review

Tagged With: Kremer, Monte Amiata, pigments, raw sienna, Sinopia

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