[Scriptoris] Scriptoris Digest, Vol 63, Issue 4

[Jennifer Baker]

Oksana,

I'm in Bryn  Gwlad  - NW Austin.

Alicia
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> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:31:25 -0500
> From: susan calafrancesco<scalafrancesco at drakkar.org>
> To: "Scribes within Ansteorra - SCA, Inc."
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> Subject: Re: [Scriptoris] Natural pigments question
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>     Refresh my memory, where are you located? I know you are or were in
> the Southern region, while I was Southern Regional Scribe.
>     I have quite a lot of experience with period pigments. The same kind
> of earth pigments that Lord Lemoine de Gascone's uses. I've gotten them
> really cheap, already ground and the price is way cheaper than any of
> those Windsor-Newton gauches. You only use a very small amount of the
> earth and you mix them up as needed. In all of my commissioned scrolls I
> have used those earth pigments. So, don't think that earth pigments are
> expensive, they are not. In fact, if I were judging a piece and the
> artist says that "I used gauche, because it was cheaper than period
> pigments", I would deduct points, for not doing the research. Granted
> there are a few, and I mean very few pigments which are expensive, but
> 99.8% of the earth pigments are cheaper than any gauche.
> With that said, if you are close enough to me I would be happy to show
> you how to mix and use the earth pigments for illuminations as well as
> icon (egg tempera) painting. I use the same earth pigments for both,
> just change the binder.
>
> Oksana Goncharova