THE SYNTAX OF COLOR

Summary: How To Make a Bad Painting Using Mediums That Contain Lead, Varnish and Wax. Making artwork is a combination of multiple skills. Experience and practice in rendering subject matter, determining a suitable composition, interpreting the subject stylistically and finally, transferring the ideas into the medium of your choice. This essay will focus on the use of oil paint to render a work of art and how lead, resin additives can adversely impact painting longevity. An i

Summary: Color Mixing and Eyesight Experiencing the visual change brought about by eye surgery to replace clouded/color changed lenses, (cataract surgery) despite the pre-surgical briefing, the transformation that will occur is still surprising. As an artist, replacing natural lenses with artificial intraocular lens (IOL) has had a significant impact on creating works of art . Simulation of pre-surgical and post-surgical appearance of vision related to cataract surgery T

Summary: This essay encapsulates the wide range of white pigments available to artists starting with lead-based substances and continuing to modern form of white pigments that replaced lead. Keywords: Titanium White, Lead White, Flake White, Cremnitz White. Since winter has taken its icy grip on over half of the United States, the pigment that is used to represent snow and cold the best is the topic of this Syntax article. Collage of white paints used in advertising taken fr

Summary: Cobalt Violet is both an expensive and low-tinting-strength pigment that remains a part of the roster of paint colors that...

Summary: Emerald Green and its chemical relation, Scheele’s Green are derivatives of copper and arsenic. They are unavailable today due...

Summary: Understanding color bias is a key to successfully mixing the color an artist desires. However, explaining bias is a more...

Summary: Minnesota enacted Chapter 60 – H.F. No 2310 into law on August 1, 2023, which restricts the import, manufacture sale, or...

Summary: Primary pigments used to make complementary colors need to be selected with care to avoid hue biases that can thwart making as...

Summary: The development of acrylic solution paint is shrouded in mystery. Magna was a substantial shift in pigment/binder paint...

Summary: The development of acrylic solution paint is shrouded in mystery. Magna was a substantial shift in pigment/binder paint...

A lot has transpired since my last blog post. We recently returned from an 18-day trip to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland....

Summary: Making a studio a safe place to make art takes both diligence and basic knowledge of the materials being used. This essay...