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Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Pigments

Description and Order
of the Pigments
Unlike the author's series of small books on the techniques of various paint systems, the present volume goes beyond a practical introduction to techniques and attempts to give a survey of the entire field of painting techniques. Descriptions of pigments are therefore not given in the text, but are listed in catalog form in the following pages. The characteristics of each color are described concisely under headings like those of the preceding sections. This should enable artists to derive the necessary information concerning their practical use. Special lists of colors are included in the sections dealing with the description of the various applications and techniques.

The pigments are listed in the approximate order that the author found most practical during this demonstration lectures in courses on painting techniques. A listing in chemical groups was deliberately avoided, since this is of relatively little interest to artists. Within the pigments of each color, the natural minerals will be treated first, then the inorganic chemical products, next the organic materials of animal or vegetable origin, and finally organic synthetic colors. White pigments, which are not used as paint but chiefly in grounds, are not included in the list of Pigments but are listed under Priming materials. [p. 68]

[Wehlte, Kurt. The Materials and Techniques of Painting. Translated by Ursus Dix. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. 1975.]










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