[Steppes] Sad news

[Elaine]

Thanks for the info. It could be that the reputation for the lake  
colors' having a fugitive nature just got around to enough buyers  
that they didn't buy enough to warrant its manufacture.

Sorry about the Ultramarine Deep. My art library has the listed  
manufacturers for Ult. Bl. Dp. as:
Bloxx, LeFranc & Bourgeois, Holbein, Sennelier, and Talens (two types).

Maybe it's just that the wholesaler Asel is using isn't bringing in  
whatever brand they were selling. I have known more than one clerk to  
tell me a product wasn't being made anymore when it truly was.

There was a scare years ago about the Cadmiums' being taken off the  
market since they are toxic. The artists threw such a national fit,  
the retailers had to bring them back and label them as toxic to save  
their (...). This might have the same effect it enough people talk to  
enough managers and owners of retail shops. Online shopping is a  
fearsome thing when you're a storefront.

If you want to mix your own, you might go on line and locate Kremer  
Pigments to see what they offer in pigments. They are the company  
which supplied the pigments the restorers used on Florence's frescoes  
when Italy had those famous floods a few years back. That would give  
you the bonus/choice as to what binder and how much you want to mix  
with the pigments.

My advice? Keep looking... .for a substitute you can live with.   ; - )

Lete Bithespring

On Mar 4, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Fiona the Needleworker wrote:

> Hey C&I Folks,
>
> I have sad news for you. Ultramarine Deep and Scarlet Lake are no  
> longer being made. They've been discontinued. I found a couple of  
> tubes at the Arlington store for Asel Art. They're shipping them to  
> the Plano store for me to purchase them on the Ultramarine Deep,  
> but Scarlet Lake is nowhere to be found.
>
> Fiona
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