<p>Back after the holiday season. I had to order 3 of my paint colors and they didn't arrive until after holiday was over so unfortunately I didn't get started as soon as I wished.</p><p>I am using Golden fluid acrylics. They're not the sort that comes in the tubes. I thought about trying a 'proper' tubed paint but I know they're crazy viscose and I thought they wouldn't do too well with the amount of thinning I'd have to do. The fluid acrylics are much closer in liquidity and I've only got to add a bit of flow aid/extender to get them usable.</p><p> I purchased only 8 colors as I wanted to force myself to learn more about how pigments blend and such. So far it's been quite fascinating. For the curious, my colors are Titanium White, Zinc White, Phthalo Green (Blue Shade), Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), Quinacridone Magenta, Naphthol Red Light, Hansa Yellow Medium and Yellow Ochre. </p><p>No, there's no actual black paint and there's a difference between the two whites. The zinc white lightens and seems to make the resultant color less opaque so I can see it being useful for highlights. I had always painted in somewhat translucent layers. Titanium white I would use to mix the base color; then lighten for highlights with zinc white where appropriate.</p><p>I also mixed 2 different blacks (and they do indeed look black when painted on a surface) that react quite differently when you tint with titanium white. I'm actually now looking forward to painting some black cloth-which had always been my least favorite task.</p><p>All in all, this way is going to be somewhat more inconvenient, as I've got to mix pretty much everything, but already I have learned a lot that will (hopefully!) make me a better painter in the long run. And once I get the hang of mixing, there's nothing stopping me from buying a few more 'lazy' hues to save time! <br /></p>
Fun with pigments!
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