The Pigments The natural and mineral pigments I use produce a very different palette of colour and luminosity compared to modern synthetic pigments whether as oil or tempera paint. The pigments include lapis lazuli, azurite, malachite, cinnabar, orpiment, realgar, vivianite, purpurite, red and green jaspers, stibnite, pyrolusite, cerussite, galena, calcite, quartz and Japanese oyster-shell white (Gofun). Other natural pigments include natural indigo, the root madders, cochineal red, and earth and ochre pigments. I have published three papers on mineral pigment preparation and application since 2000. This is the result of 16 years of studio and archival research into the European Renaissance palette as well as collaboration with numerous scientific institutes.
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