We use only the highest quality, artist grade pigments.
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Enkaustikos
Winter 12
The finest ingredients along with the proper milling
equipment alone will not produce professional
paint. Care must be taken not to over mill paint.
Sheering pigments too small will actually change
its chroma. Bluish red pigments will turn yellowish,
yellowish reds will become bluish, oranges will
become more reddish. Our paint maker, Daniel
Sywalski has been milling our paint since 1996. His
experience and demanding attention-to-detail is a
key element in the quality of our paint. Daniel takes
a great deal of pride in his work and our colors will
attest to that.
It’s all about Color!
Enkaustikos is passionate about color. We enjoy a
worldwide reputation for offering a unique palette
that includes many historical colors like Pompeii
Red, Prussian Blue, beautiful Cadmiums and
Cobalts, as well as modern organic pigments like
Bismuth Yellow, Quincridone Gold and Pyrrole Red.
We constantly experiment with the newest pigments
that technology offers to produce the highest quality
professional paints. We go to great lengths to offer
the finest colors regardless of cost. For instance, our
cerulean blue is by far the most beautiful, cleanest
and brightest available. Last year, our supplier was
acquired by a larger company and our Cerulean
was discontinued. Their replacement along with
samples from seven other pigment suppliers could
not come close to our original cerulean. We held
out and continued to search until we located a
perfect match in Germany.
Single Pigment Colors
We offer 88 colors of which 74 are single pigment
colors. Many artists prefer to mix their own colors if
given the best single pigment colors to begin with.
Single pigment colors allow artists the greatest
opportunity to create the most intense, clean
and luminous color mixes. A good rule to follow
when it comes to color mixing is to use the least
number of pigments to create your custom mix.
The more pigments you use the more likely you will
create a grayed down, muddy or dull color. Using
single pigment colors in your mixes are the key to
producing successful mixes.
Composite Colors
On the flip side, we offer 14 composite colors which
are paints mixed with multiple pigments. These
paints are often considered convenience colors.
Not all pigments meet the encaustic toxicity criteria.
For instance, genuine Naples Yellow is made with
lead, we certainly would not want to be heating
up lead in a studio. We offer a Naples Yellow hue
and a Naples Yellow Reddish produced with non
toxic pigments as a safe alternative to these classic
colors that artist desire.
Dan Sywalski evaluating Indian Yellow.
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pigment.
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