Mixing color yourself – well, that sounds like a project for real artists. Just like the old masters of yesteryear. Because this premium artist pigment bears the seal "100% pigment," color quality doesn't have to be spoiled by self-mixing. Quite the opposite. Properly processed with high-quality binders, the Schmincke artist pigments are a guarantee for maximum brilliance, color intensity, and yield. Speaking of binders – depending on which you use, artist pigments are suitable for rubbing oil paints, acrylic paints, watercolors, gouache paints, linoleum paints, casein paints, and egg tempera paint.
Here you have the choice between 24 extraordinary shades and effects – including real cadmium and cobalt pigments, brilliant gold, and sterling silver. From the same series, we also have traditional and fluorescent color pigments in our assortment.
Well, do you fancy mixing some colors? Here's a small guide:
- You'll need: pigment, binder, grating support plate, a glass runner, and a pigment spatula or knife.
- Start with a teaspoon-sized amount of artist pigment in the middle of the grating plate.
- With constant mixing with a paint knife, add as much of the respective binder as necessary so that a smooth color paste is formed.
- Subsequently, the actual rubbing of the stains is done by circular movements with the runner.
Attention: The binder requirement varies depending on the pigment used! You'll recognize the correct ratio of pigment to binder when the dried paint has a smooth surface and doesn't rub off when rubbed with the dry palm.