Pigment Making

HOW? I feel like admitting right now that, although I researched this HOW? section as thoroughly as I did my whole book, I personally am no pigment or paintmaker… Yes, of course, I’ve tried my hand at both, but compared to some out there who have made that, if not their whole life, at least…

Secondly, some pigments are pigments, and some pigments are dyes

WHICH?Pigment Characteristics Did I mention that pigments are small particles (practically) insoluble in either oils, resins or water? Of course, I know I’ve just said this, but as you’ll now hear—and although that’s virtually their only common denominator—even that is not always accurate. Because some artists’ pigments are not pigments, they are dyes… in disguise….