Alizarin Crimson

The Temperature of Blue

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016

Blues and tints.  Photograph by Lisa Marder. There is much debate over the color temperature of blues ... However, there are those who would say the reverse ... When I mix blues and reds to make purple, I find that ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson give me the purest purple ... For example, try mixing cerulean blue and ultramarine blue with cadmium red or alizarin crimson in different combinations ... Note....

What Colors for a Chestnut Horse?

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016

Painting © Patricia Vaz Dias. Question. What Colors for a Chestnut Horse? ... Answer . ... There is the dark brown of course, but there are definite red overtones which is best done by building up layers of semi-transparent colors." Start with a raw umber underpainting to establish the darks and shapes, then build up with some burnt umber, use either an alizarin crimson or if a bright sunny day, a cadmium red....

Step-by-Step Painting Development: "Drought" by Sharron Boxenbaum

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016

Living in the center of the United States, surrounded by flat land and more flat land, I have come to terms with painting what I know. There are no majestic mountain ranges, no rollicking oceans, no romantic cliffs ... When I want to get out in nature, that’s where I head ... Enlarge them to 4” x 6” ... For this particular painting, I used a combination of Ultramarine Blue and Alizarin Crimson to draw out the composition using a Bright No ... ....

Top Gifts for Artists: Plein Air and On-the-Go

Edit About.com 10 Nov 2015

Guerilla Painter Thumbox 2.0. Courtesy of Amazon.com 1.  Guerrilla Painter 6 by 8-Inch Thumbox, Volume II. This compact light-weight little box is great for field sketches or for setting up in a cafe on a table or holding in your hand using the thumb hole ... Buy from Amazon » ... Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Chinese Orange, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Azure Blue, French Ultramarine, and Yellow Ochre ... More » ... ....

10 Tips for the Intermediate Oil Painter

Edit About.com 26 Oct 2015

It is relatively easy to get started in oil painting, but there are always more things to learn. Once you have completed a few small paintings and feel comfortable with it, it is time to try some new techniques and learn some of the nuances of paint and mediums. Read. Top 10 Tips for Beginning Oil Painting. Tip #1 ... Read ... More ... Tip #2 ... Read ... Some paints are more transparent, such as alizarin crimson, olive green, rose madder, and ultramarine ... ....

Jeb Bush

Edit Huffington Post 21 Apr 2015

The Bush family loves to see themselves as adults. And they are. Privileged, self-absorbed, vile, treacherous, toadying, savage adults. The Bushes always punch down ... A Bush is to self-sufficiency what gangrene is to fitness modeling ... *SEE THE IRONY ... Suck Dynasty... The fact that this disinterested punk is now portrayed as some benign Bob Ross instead of the unhinged Goya who bathed the Middle East in Alizarin crimson is an obscenity ... Note ... ....

The Basics of Oil Painting on Canvas

Edit About.com 06 Apr 2015

The tradition of oil painting maintains its popularity today due to its versatility, richness of color, and paint quality ... (Duck comes from the word, doek, Dutch for cloth) ... alizarin crimson hue and cadmium red medium; ultramarine blue and cerulean blue (see The Temperature of Blue for more about cool and warm blues); zinc yellow and cadmium yellow medium; titanium white; mars black; burnt sienna; yellow ochre ... (Note ... ....

Color Wheel and Color Mixing

Edit About.com 31 Mar 2015

In my article, Understanding Color, I explain that colors are either warm or cool relative to other colors ... cadmium yellow medium and hansa or lemon yellow; cadmium red and alizarin crimson; ultramarine blue and cerulean blue. Note ... 3) On the second most outer circle, next to the warm colors on the line dividing the circle into thirds, place a dollop of the cool of each primary - hansa yellow, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue....

Techniques for Painting Snow

Edit About.com 26 Jan 2015

Painting snow is not difficult as long as you realize that snow is not just pure white. It reflects light and what is around it and can take on varying hues. Peaks can have a hint of orange or yellow in them, shadows can be deep blues and purples ... See Composing a Painting Using Notan ... 2) Then start your painting with a tinted background of your choice - alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, or burnt sienna ... More.. Video Demonstration....

The Colors of Snow

Edit About.com 26 Jan 2015

As for all things, there are multiple ways to paint snow. As the artist you have many decisions to make. First you have to decide what your intent is and what mood you want to convey ... Use a gray viewfinder, such as a ViewCatcher from the Color Wheel Company, to help isolate the colors in the snow ... titanium white, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, alizarin crimson, cadmium orange, cadmium yellow light, burnt sienna, and burnt umber ... ....

Monet's Painting Process and Palette

Edit About.com 28 Dec 2014

One of the nineteenth century leaders of the Impressionist Movement, Claude Monet, is well-known for his serial paintings ... Monet generally used a limited palette of nine colors. lead white (titanium white is the modern equivalent), chrome yellow (cadmium yellow light), cadmium yellow, viridian green, emerald green, French ultramarine, cobalt blue, madder red (alizarin crimson), vermilion, and black (before 1886) ... REFERENCES ... ....

Portraits at Neue Galerie

Edit Huffington Post 12 Nov 2014

In 1963, saw a small exhibit of Austrian Expressionists. It was her first time viewing the work of Egon Schiele. She described it as "an apocalypse that changed my life." It put Comini on a path to becoming one of the foremost scholars on Schiele and his oeuvre ... She said of Schiele, "I never saw anybody so frank ... 31025 ... A huge, erect phallus extends up from her hand to his mid-chest area, blending in with the alizarin crimson of his shirt....