Good video, and clear explanations! Thank you. You did a great job. One of the few differences I see when I mull my paints is that I took less paste at a time to avoid its accumulation on the edges around the muller... Did you paint samples with your reconstructed paints?
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This just brought something to mind ...I was told for a long time that Titanium White was only used after 1916. Yet I recently found out that it was found in earlier works e.g. a Pissarro from, I believe, 1903. And others. Also that it was being used in Birmingham, UK, from around 1860. So how do we know for sure when it was being used in France? If it was in the UK in 1860 it is likely, surely, to have hit France in a very short period of time after that? I would be very interested to know what is the latest on this subject please?
This was very cool. I'm so curious though, are oil paints ever made from leaves or flowers that have been ground and added to the oil medium directly? Or must the pigments be extracted into a mineral first?
Not sure about oil, but you can find watercolor pigments made of plants. The most lightfast of these is indigo blue. Most plant based pigments are not very lightfast, the color tends to change over time, and while it could be a fun experiment, you cannot really rely upon such pigments in fine art. If you go with traditional pigments, the most reliable are natural minerals and earths. Those last centuries. Plant based pigments are generally known to fade over time which can be seen in medieval manuscripts - some plant based colors, despite staying in a closed book with infrequent exposure to light, will still fade. Certain companies make plant based pigments and possibly developed methods of making them more lightfast, which I believe involve adding certain chemicals like alum and others. But lightfastness depends upon the binder. A pigment might react well with watercolor but badly with oil. So it really depends. Bottom line is, I tend to stay away from plant based pigments. I have made my own watercolor from groud gemstones as well as standard contemporary pigments and I am thinking about making oils too but I need to do research hence how i came across this video.
When a pigment is made from a plant (e.g. indigo or woad or madder) or an animal (like cochineal or kermes), we call it a "lake pigment." To make a lake pigment, you immerse the plant/animal product into water and simmer it to extract the dye. Then, you evaporate out the water over a low temperature. The resulting dry color is the lake pigment. Some examples of this are "Madder Lake," is a red that comes from the madder plant's roots, and "Carmine Lake," which is purplish red that comes from the cochineal bug.
Hi I was just wondering when glass mullers came into fashion? As I am interested in reenactment but can't find much information about granite mullers so far.
If you're making it to store in tubes do you recommend any other binder like beeswax? I was thinking maybe just a touch of cold wax medium since it is processed beeswax wax...
you can use a granite or marble plate they sell at garden centers or hardware stores. Costs only a few dollars. As a mulling stone I use a stone I found on a field. You can use any hard stone from a river bed for example. It just needs to have one relatively flat side, and you should be able to hold it easily in your hand. You can do it even without buying anything, if you are able to find two stones of the right shapes.
The process of making oil paint the way the old masters did needs to be more specified - just because it looks like it may be right does not actually make it right - putting some pigment and oil on a slab and using a Muller is the basic idea but the actual art of making the paint like the old masters does involve quite some more knowledge than shown here.
Add few drops of blue food colouring in Silica. Then crush the silica and do the rest of the process shown in the video. You can find Silica in medical stores or chemist shops
HA, I SCOFF, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS VIDEO, CAUSE MY PAINT COMES FROM LIL OLE ALUMINIUM TUBES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUKING SHIT! I`m a brazilian teacher trying to learn how colors of paint was made on the past and i see this video. I know how, but I was trying to show to mu students that. And i found and only have 65k views...2 years...i`m sorry for humankind
