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What's Your Favorite Blue?
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Posted 5 months ago What's your favorite blue? Right now my fav is prussian blue. |
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| Posted 5 months ago When I read the forum question, Prussian Blue was my first response!! LOL!! Great minds think alike... :) |
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| Posted 4 months ago indanthrone blue..it has the greatest value range... |
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| Posted 4 months ago The way a blue looks on my canvases is often affected by the colors around it, under it , or over it. Standing by itself, my current favorite for high quality oil paint is cobalt blue. I usually use a variety of blues in my paintings. Although I sometimes waver toward red (as I waver on what my preferred blue is), blue has been my favorite color since I was a kid. |
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| Posted 4 months ago cobalt and sometimes ultramarine because of its tendency to go towards violet and I love purples
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| Posted 4 months ago
I've seen enough of the dark to always look for the light in people or situation. |
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| Posted 4 months ago Good idea Shelia. Probably lots more swatches than regular color names. The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter)
Not a material, but one of may favorite artist groups. Short lived-included Wassily Kandinsky, and Franz Marc. I also like the blue on the groups almanac (1912). Marc was killed in World War I. |
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| Posted 4 months ago In almost all of my paintings I use cerulean blue hue, but if I don't have that left, I usually mix titanium white and ultramarine blue to get the right color.
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| Posted 4 months ago The color of the sky just after sunset but before darkness. It's a shade of Twilight Blue, with a hint of purple. I'll see if I can find it.
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| Posted 4 months ago
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| Posted 4 months ago Pthalo Blue and Cerulean blue (I always pulled this crayon out when I was a kid). ~~I am the missing piece to the puzzle not yet brought into being.~~ Stephen Michael Arnold |
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| Posted 4 months ago The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. Anne Frank |
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| Posted 4 months ago Royal blue... |
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| Posted 4 months ago In watercolor, Cobalt Blue, PB28, appeals to me in unmixed washes. Ultramarine, PB29, and Phthalo blue, PB15, are my workhorses for mixing. Phthalo Turquoise, PB16, has some charm, too. Oh, was I supposed to pick only one? “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -- Albert Einstein |
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| Posted 4 months ago Depends on what day it is.
French blue is nice today. Whoa, it just changed to deep bright cobalt. Well, now that we have seen each other, if you believe in me, I'll believe in you.
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| Posted 4 months ago midnight blue Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. -Albert Einstein |
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| Posted 4 months ago lapis blue is my flavor of the day |
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| Posted 4 months ago 100C, 50M, 10Y is a good blue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T85cOGc8L0 |
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| Posted about 1 month ago The Prussian Blue by Vasari is gorgeous. Cobalt blue is terrific for bluing down flesh tone mixtures...it's very clean-mixing and doesn't cause mud. Also real Lapis Lazuli (the synthetic version is the old standby Ultramarine Blue). Real Lapis Lazuli paint can be found at Natural Pigments (the brand they go under is Rublev). Blockx has a real Lapis blue as well but it's very expensive. Rublev's is much more reasonable in price and just as gorgeous. The price difference has nothing to do with quality. I've tried them both and the Rublev is just as good or better. They don't skimp on pigment or use fillers. I think Blockx can get away with a higher price simply due to name recognition and that it's one of the few brands commercially sold that makes real Lapis,so it will appear, if you only go through distribution art stores like Blick or Jerry's, that you can only get this color from Blockx. Check out http://www.naturalpigments.com and http://www.shopvasaricolors.com for some wonderful handmade paints. I don't work for either of these companies. I just like to let people know about these rare gems for artists who want exceptional paints without breaking the bank. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago NinaGrace says ...
Holy moly. $58 for a 50ml tube of Rublev's Vermilion. Still, it's good that there's still a source for the nasty, toxic, beautiful pigments. “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -- Albert Einstein |
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| Posted about 1 month ago RLane says ...
Yep...their vermillion is expensive...but, as you noted, it's real vermillion and that's not so easy to find. Williamsburg's real vermillion is even more expensive. Rublev is a terrific line for any historic pigments someone may want. If it's still being made by anyone anywhere and it's traditional, then they probably make it. They also have a wonderful Oil of Spike (lavender). If you've never heard of it or don't know what it's for, it's a solvent. It can be used instead of OMS or turpentine. The upside is that it's non-toxic, natural, traditional (Orazio Gentileschi mentions it's use and he lived from 1563-1639), and is smells wonderful. A little goes a long way when using to thin paints so even though it's more expenisve, it's worth it for it's benefits and my little 2 oz. bottle has lasted quite a while :) |
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| Posted about 1 month ago SheilaTS says ... Hmmmm, seems mighty close to the shade of Marge's hair, coincidence? It's Better To Seek Forgiveness Than To Ask For Permission |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Bluestarr is my fav, and Marty's photo of the sky is quite nice as well It's Better To Seek Forgiveness Than To Ask For Permission |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Cobalt for me, because it's such a powerful pigment and seems to allow a greater value range.
Cerulean is my second favorite in oil. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago SheilaTS says ... I'd call this "periwinkle blue," I think. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Cobalt blue remains my favorite, but I just scored a tube of Old Holland Manganese Blue watercolor. They're the only source for the real pigment that I've found for wc. “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -- Albert Einstein |
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| Posted about 1 month ago I don't know the name of it, but the blue lights on police cars is really intense, as long as I don't see it in my mirror it's cool
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| Posted about 1 month ago Manganese Blue is beautiful. I recently bought some from Holbein. I like French Ultramarine a lot too. Well, now that we have seen each other, if you believe in me, I'll believe in you.
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| Posted 26 days ago This morning, Democratic Blue |
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| Posted 26 days ago I agree Ellen. Democratic Blue is beautiful today. Feels good after such a long drought. Well, now that we have seen each other, if you believe in me, I'll believe in you.
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