Black in Depth: An Artist's Guide to Black Oil Paint - Part 1

[@klcsasha]

Thank you for producing this video! I have followed Natural Pigments knowing what a wonderful resource it is. I am only just now able to dive into all of the information and am soaking it up! Thank you again, I don’t know who would do this if you didn’t.

[@RublevColours]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RublevColours]

Thanks!

[@NinaDolan]

love colour mixing, fascinating

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

Wow! I love both. They're so delicate. 🫢😊

[@josephinastover5785]

Thank you..this was so helpful! I am a beginner and I do a lot of black and white paintings to help me learn value, so this is a perfect video for me!

[@RublevColours]

Thanks for the kudos!

[@BJones-yw4dd]

I'm not a beginner anymore, but you're right, trying value studies using a particular choice of black would make an interesting and enlightening difference!

[@Pixilated_for_life]

This was very cool and interesting to watch! I never knew lead white and titanium white were so different😅

[@RublevColours]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@x7j4]

Always enjoy learning from your videos. Your lead white is amazing!!

[@RublevColours]

Thank you.

[@SnkobArts]

Its always interesting for me to see the Munsell for blacks, whites, browns and other low chroma colors. Ive often thought about what it would look like to invert the Zorn color gamut to the other side of the color wheel. The theory being your power color would be cobalt teal or chromium oxide (instead of cad red or vermillion), your "red" being a dark brown that only reads as red, in the same way bone black reads as blue, for the mere fact of sitting closer on the color wheel to warm hues than the other colors. Yellow might be lead tin yellow lemon or Nickel Titanate, etc.

[@BJones-yw4dd]

I wonder what a landscape would look like with that palette. I doubt I could bend my lesser knowledge around that curve at this point, but you post an interesting theory. I took a Zorn class several years ago and it was truly an eye-opener.

[@BJones-yw4dd]

I'm very glad your Purple Earth Tone vdeo popped up in my feed today -- not only was that fascinating to watch, it led me then to watch several of your other mixing comparisons in series, which reminded me of things I "know" but have been leaving out of my "equations" when choosing colors for my paintings, e.g. the massive difference between lead and titanium white. Thank you two so much for sharing your vast expertise with us!

[@RublevColours]

Glad you enjoyed it! We are releasing several videos in our Color Notes series each month. Also, check out our other playlists.

[@jimqartworks]

awesome, I use Rublev pigments and oils in my paintings! I love the "heart" shape of the middle before adding the linseed! About Mars Red / Mars Red light Thanks!

[@RublevColours]

That's a great idea!

[@ZacharyZorbas]

These videos are so helpful for me. Thank you so much! 😊

[@RublevColours]

You're so welcome!

[@tyttisalonen8321]

Vine black is my favourite at the moment!!! Please make a video about Roman black. :)

[@RublevColours]

That will be in the next part of this three-part series.

[@SnkobArts]

Will we be seeing Shungite at all? I understand it's not a tubed oil color yet, but it would be awesome to see it nonetheless.

[@RublevColours]

We will be introducing Shingite in oil colors later this year.

[@tatianazaysteva]

We are preparing program with Shungite (special for you :) ) and couple more black pigments

[@SnkobArts]

@@tatianazaysteva Just for me??Amazing! Can't wait to see it! And Ill definitely get my hands on a tube when the time comes 😄

[@ortofon88]

great vid! thank you

[@bathurstststudios]

Really informative, thank you

[@RublevColours]

Glad it was helpful!

[@annespellberg7173]

Is the lead white in your wonderful videos #1 or #2? I think the difference is in the linseed and walnut oil added to the same ratio of flake, but not sure. These videos are super helpful. I have a cart full of colors, I open each in a window, line them up then click on each to see the mass/tint of each. My way of side by side. This is so much better! Love it so much. Thank you.

[@RublevColours]

We use Lead White #1 in almost all videos.

[@phillipmurphy842]

I find it odd that the term "vine black" would be used for this product. If it is made from anthracite, should it not be labeled "Coal Black" or "Vine Black (Hue)"? Does anyone produce an authentic Vine Black pigment for oil painting?

[@RublevColours]

Rublev Colours Vine Black is not from charred vines but a natural mineral of black iron oxide and manganese oxide from earth deposits in Germany. There is a sound reason why we name an earth pigment “vine black.” Pliny describes a black earth he calls ‘ampelitis’ or ‘vine earth.’ We have preserved the name given by the mine. For more information: www.naturalpigments.com/german-vine-black-pigment.html

[@robinmorgan2713]

Is vine black the source for vine charcoal sticks?

[@RublevColours]

No, this a type of earth pigment. For more information please see: www.naturalpigments.com/german-vine-black-pigment.html