The Colours Of Rory Mcewen
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This is a post almost the colours of watercolour pigment used past times botanical creative soul Rory McEwen.
Today I was dorsum at Kew Gardens in addition to revisited A solar daytime inward the life of botanical creative soul Rory McEwen)
One of the characteristics of his botanical paintings is the intensity of the colouring in addition to the nuances he achieves. This partly comes from painting on vellum which is renowned for making colours await intense in addition to fabulous. Vellum is non porous in addition to so the pigment sits on altitude of the sail of vellum.
However the colours inward his paintings are, of course, too partly due to the pigment he used.
One of the cases inward the exhibition is given over to his epitome materials.
Knowing how much artists similar to know almost palettes I used my magnifying spectacles to re-create out the names of the paints he used. So what follows is a listing of pigment colours!
It's hard to know which brands of pigment he used notwithstanding show from the names in addition to from the tubes inward the display illustration advise he used a combination of Winsor & Newton (much used past times botanical artists) in addition to Old Kingdom of the Netherlands Classic Watercolours.
He created his palettes past times placing subway scheme pigment on newspaper or a sparse board in addition to so using the subway scheme pigment every bit a resources for the pigment colours he mixed. Bear inward hear the size of the brushes he used he was working dry out brush alongside lilliputian rattling pocket-size brushes (W&N Series vii sable - a lot of 00 in addition to smaller)
It was rattling evident that some of the paints were fugitive every bit there's at in 1 lawsuit no colouring left. However it's unclear whether these were used a lot or not. Several people bring expressed reservations almost around the pigments in addition to lightfastness of surely Old Kingdom of the Netherlands colours (eg run into Handprint's review of Old Holland). I intend it to a greater extent than probable that when using Old Holland, McEwen may bring trying to role paints which would bring been available to painters similar Georg Ehret. There in 1 lawsuit again these were tubes which had non been used much so perchance he didn't role Old Kingdom of the Netherlands much at all!
My personal thought - based on the names on his palettes - is that he was truly using Winsor & Newton. You tin banking concern stand upward for this out for your self past times comparison the names below alongside the 2 colouring charts for the unlike paints:
Note alongside abide by to comments almost where pigment looks fugitive that these paints would bring been those inward role over thirty years agone - at least. Paint formulations bring moved on since then! It is too rattling apparent that he was paying attending to lightfastness every bit a swatch carte accompanied each colouring - in addition to this highlighted the lightfastness - at that time
Today I was dorsum at Kew Gardens in addition to revisited A solar daytime inward the life of botanical creative soul Rory McEwen)
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| Tulip 'Helen Josephine' 1975 Images courtesy of the Estate of Rory McEwen |
However the colours inward his paintings are, of course, too partly due to the pigment he used.
One of the cases inward the exhibition is given over to his epitome materials.
Knowing how much artists similar to know almost palettes I used my magnifying spectacles to re-create out the names of the paints he used. So what follows is a listing of pigment colours!
It's hard to know which brands of pigment he used notwithstanding show from the names in addition to from the tubes inward the display illustration advise he used a combination of Winsor & Newton (much used past times botanical artists) in addition to Old Kingdom of the Netherlands Classic Watercolours.
He created his palettes past times placing subway scheme pigment on newspaper or a sparse board in addition to so using the subway scheme pigment every bit a resources for the pigment colours he mixed. Bear inward hear the size of the brushes he used he was working dry out brush alongside lilliputian rattling pocket-size brushes (W&N Series vii sable - a lot of 00 in addition to smaller)
It was rattling evident that some of the paints were fugitive every bit there's at in 1 lawsuit no colouring left. However it's unclear whether these were used a lot or not. Several people bring expressed reservations almost around the pigments in addition to lightfastness of surely Old Kingdom of the Netherlands colours (eg run into Handprint's review of Old Holland). I intend it to a greater extent than probable that when using Old Holland, McEwen may bring trying to role paints which would bring been available to painters similar Georg Ehret. There in 1 lawsuit again these were tubes which had non been used much so perchance he didn't role Old Kingdom of the Netherlands much at all!
My personal thought - based on the names on his palettes - is that he was truly using Winsor & Newton. You tin banking concern stand upward for this out for your self past times comparison the names below alongside the 2 colouring charts for the unlike paints:
- Winsor & Newton Artists' Professional Water Colour - Colour Chart
- Old Kingdom of the Netherlands Classic Watercolours - Colour Chart
Note alongside abide by to comments almost where pigment looks fugitive that these paints would bring been those inward role over thirty years agone - at least. Paint formulations bring moved on since then! It is too rattling apparent that he was paying attending to lightfastness every bit a swatch carte accompanied each colouring - in addition to this highlighted the lightfastness - at that time
Yellow
- Lemon Yellow
- Winsor Yellow
- Cadmium Lemon
- Aureolin
- Cadmium Yellow Pale
- Aurora Yellow
- New Gamboge
- Cadmium Yellow
- Indian Yellow
- Cadmium Yellow Deep
Orange
- Cadmium Orange
- Chrome Orange
Red
- Bright Red
- Cadmium Scarlet (completely fugitive)
- Scarlet Vermillion (paint missing from the palette - discontinued?)
- Scarlet Lake (looks fugitive)
- Cadmium Red (paint missing from the palette)
- Cadmium Red Deep
- Vermillion (paint missing from the palette - discontinued?)
- Winsor Red
Pinks in addition to Purples
- Permanent Rose (Quinacridone)
- Alizarin Crimson
- Alizarin Carmine
- Rose Madder (crossed through) Alizarin
- Cobalt Violet (looks fugitive)
- Winsor Violet
- Permanent Magenta (Quinacridone) (paint missing from the palette)
Blue
- Manganese Mineral Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Cerulean Blue
- Permanent Blue
- French Ultramarine (used a lot!)
- Antwerp Blue (paint missing from the palette)
- Winsor Blue
- Prussian Blue (looks fugitive)
- Cyanine Blue
- Winsor Emerald
- Terre Verte
- Sap Green (completely used up)
- Viridian
The Old Kingdom of the Netherlands colours on display are every bit follows
- Cadmium Red Light
- Terre Verte
- Cadmium Citron
- Groene aarde (green earth)
- ? greep licht
- ? oker licht
- French Ultramarine
- Cobalt Violet
There was some other carte for the to a greater extent than irksome browns, greys etc simply this was non visible
For to a greater extent than almost watercolour paints run into my post about the best construct of watercolour pigment for artists'.
So - what create y'all intend almost his pick of colours?
So - what create y'all intend almost his pick of colours?
- Are in that place whatsoever that surprise you?
- Do y'all concur it appears to hold upward to a greater extent than W&N than Old Holland?
[NOTE: Links bring been revised updated for changes since publication]
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