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  Msm02 New member Username: Msm02 Post Number: 2 Registered: 8-2007 |
Marie, I've had a chance to use my new M. Graham colors, and agree that some are identical to sim. pigments in other brands. The Cobalt Violet is very intersting, has the duskiness of ultramarine violet, but with real granulation. Very nice. The Quin. Rust (PO48?) is fantastic- reminds me of a nice orangey burnt sienna which I think works nicer with blues. M.Graham's b. sienna is too red and opaque. Try it w/pthalo green-the most natural deep greens I've seen in awhile. All for now. Michael | ||
Marie Senior Member Username: Marie Post Number: 427 Registered: 8-2006 |
I am glad to hear that CJAS will be carrying the M. Graham watercolors. I have tried several of the new colors, and here's my quick look at them: * Transparent Orange Iron Oxide - very brown, almost more like a light burnt umber. * Transparent Red Iron Oxide - similar to, but a touch less saturated than, the Winsor & Newton Burnt Sienna * Terra Rosa - Unlike anything else I have tried. It's possibly similar to an indian or english red in other brands. It's absolutely gorgeous in washes, and I am eager to experiment with it in some flesh mixtures. * Transparent Yellow Oxide - Almost a cross between a raw sienna and a saturated raw umber. I could see it being very useful for landscapes. * Perylene Maroon - Very similar to the W/N and D/S brands with which I am accustomed to working. * Cobalt Teal - Very in hue and handling to Daniel Smith's Cobalt Teal Blue. * Cobalt Green - I'm not sure how to describe this, nor am I sure what to use it for. It more yellow than viridian, but darker and bluer than chromium oxide green. * Nickel Quinacridone Gold - This is another real winner that uses nickel azo yellow and other pigments to approximate the real quinacridone gold. It shifts beautifully from a deep warm yellow to a cooler yellow as it lightens. I'm looking forward to spending some more time with this pigment. * Azo Green - It's seems similar to the W/N green gold, although I haven't compared them side by yet. In the past, I have found this pigment useful for landscapes and outdoor painting. I rarely if ever use it with figures. * Cobalt Violet - This was the most pleasant surprise for me out of the pigments I tried. It's a deep, somewhat bluish, pigment, similar in hue to Daniel Smith's Cobalt Violet deep. The beauty of it is that it granulates almost to the level of a real manganese blue. I imagine that it would be gorgeous for some skies. If you really like heavy granulation (which I do), I would strongly recommend trying it. * Ultramarine Pink - It's almost magenta, a little more toward rose than the Winsor and Newton Cobalt Violet. I imagine that it would be useful for paintings of flowers, but since I don't paint flowers I probably won't use it that much. * Ultramarine Violet Deep - UV Deep more like a traditional ultramarine violet than M. Graham's regular ultramarine violet, which leans toward the blue side. | ||
Bdubbs New member Username: Bdubbs Post Number: 4 Registered: 8-2007 |
We'll welcome M. Graham to Cheap Joe's at the outset of the 2008 Reference Catalog. 35 New colors will enter the Cheap Joe's stock during the Spring Flyer. | ||
Msm02 New member Username: Msm02 Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2007 |
Don't know if it's been mentioned here, but there's a new lineup of interesting pigments- nickel azo yellow, maroon perylene, cobalt violet, etc. I bought several, still playing with them. Will report back once I've really tried them, esp. compared to the W/N versions. Cheers, Michael |
