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Color Charting - How & Why

Posted by Hylla Evans on

Color Charting Pack 


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Record color swatches used in each painting along with info on medium, brand, color name, and tints (lightened with white). You can then work back into the painting and see instantly how you made each mixed color.
Plein air painters make the chart while painting to capture color mixes better than a camera.
After a painting sells, keep the actual Color Charting in...

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Paint Sticks™ VS Brush Ready Paints

Posted by Hylla Evans on

Evans Encaustics Paint Sticks™ are ultra concentrated encaustic paint.  They may be used directly on the HotBox  where artists prefer heaviest pigmentation.   Painters who use a larger quantity of paint will save money by buying Paint Sticks™ and breaking off pieces, then adding 3 times as much medium to the mix.  Paint Sticks™ always look like a popsicle shape such as these:
B...

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