Some paints are named after… well… I really don’t know

WHYEVER?Hues in Tubes… and how they made a name for themselves Good morning, afternoon, evening my lovely subscribers,I am sending you another (very short) post this week to squeeze in the info that, if you would like to participate in the next unfolding of this work, you will be able soon to join Lucy Mayes…

Some paints are named after… the colour of something tangible

WHYEVER?Hues in Tubes… and how they made a name for themselves Unlike the pastels in the beautiful Roché little wooden trays, which bear names such as vert feuille morte, vert saule, vert algue, vert rainette and vert perruche (Dead Leaf Green, Willow Green, Algae Green, Tree Frog Green or even Budgie Green), there are but few paints that are named after the…

The unnamable colours we need to name

WHYEVER?
Hues in Tubes… and how they made a name for themselves
 I mixed on a glass palette, colours that went beyond Windsor and Isaac Newton—nameless colours…Derek Jarman, Chroma At last, and whatever the binder we have chosen… we… have… PAINT! We could use it all now, if we were greedy, but perhaps not that exciting…