Frank Ryan

Discover how Verona Green Earth can create vibrant flesh tones in paintings. This pigment has been used for centuries to create warm and natural-looking skin tones in paintings, and Natural Pigments has developed a line of oil paints that use the pigment exclusively for this purpose. Verona Green Earth offers artists a new and unique option for creating lifelike portraits and figurative works. The article provides an  overview of the properties of the Verona Green Earth, as well as information on how to use the oil colors to achieve vibrant flesh tones...

When purchasing supplies for the winter, I decided to try Rublev Colours’ Zorn Palette, which is composed of only four colors: Lead White, Yellow Ocher, Vermillion, and Bone Black. Named after the Swedish alla prima virtuoso Anders Zorn, this simple selection of colors yields a surprising variety of tones, making it a versatile and practical choice for painters who study from life. This article provides recommendations on using the Zorn palette in painting to work simply within its limitations...

Drawing has always been my primary means of expression. It has been both a meditation and an obsession since I was a boy. I always say my favorite drawing tool is a 2HB Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. But ever since I saw Leonardo da Vinci's Studies of a Horse and Bust of a Warrior, I knew that I had to explore the metalpoint medium...