Natural Pigments

Gilding is an art that requires dexterity, savoir-faire and skill, qualities that craftsmen obtain after years of experience. There are two basic techniques in applying gold or metal leaf to surfaces: oil and water gilding. Both techniques employ a glue to adhere the leaf to the substrate, but the difference lies in the type of glue. This technique uses a water-based glue or size.
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Tempera grassa, which Anngioni learned from the Russian artist Nikolai Lokoff, is a variation of tempera painting that some believe to have been used by artists in the 16th century, although there is little evidence so far to support this claim.

As an aside, little research has been done to date to characterize paint films consisting of egg-oil emulsions. Natural Pigments contributed materials for a study conducted by Kristin deGhetaldi, Andrew W. Mellon Painting Conservation Fellow, at the National Gallery, Washington, DC, in an attempt to study films made with varying proportions of egg and oil. Hopefully, with the data provided by this study, scientists will be able to identify paintings that are egg-oil emulsions (and not simply egg yolk added to pigment or oil during the painting session).
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We feature works by contemporary masters who use colors supplied by Natural Pigments in their work.

The art of Lala Ragimov is inspired by the beauty and sensuality ...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (born 1571, Milan or Caravaggio; died 18 July 1610, Porto Ercole) was the most radical painter in post-Tridentine Italy. In his religious and mythological ...

Since the introduction of the collapsible tube over 170 years ago, manufactured artists’ oil paint has changed the way artists work. Artists no longer must laboriously grind pigment in oil to make paint. With this change also came greater uniformity in oil paint. Let’s face it; the composition of oil color is fairly simple. Generally, only three items are used in a modern oil color formula. They are the pigment, the oil and a stabilizer (typically ...