Resting Prism (featuring Da Vinci Earth Colours)

Recently, I acquired several earth colours made by Da Vinci company (USA) sold from Studio 6 Toronto. It took awhile for them to arrive due to the lock-down, but that is understandable since the post workers are taking precautions to keep safe.The earth colours were yellow ochre (PY43), raw umber natural (PBr7), raw umber (PBr7), burnt sienna deep (PR101) and venetian red (PR101). I also got benzi orange (PO36) by Da Vinci. The sky is yellow ochre, the distant hills are venetian red, the central triangular mount is raw umber natural, the middle earth is raw umber, the starfish shaped earth is burnt sienna deep, and the foreground melting shape is benzi orange. I threw in some prussian blue (iron blue) for contrast, and some green earth in the tree. The paints handled exceptionally well and harmonized beautifully together. 7x 10" rough press (B side) watercolour May 2020

After further testing, I took the following notes on each paint:

Yellow ochre PY43

Appearance

fresh hay, cut wood, sunny clay

 

Pros

Leaf greens with PG36

Pastel oranges, reds, magentas

Golden mixes with yellow, PBr7s

Situational gloomy grey blues

 

Cons

Very thick

Greys are muddy

 

Character

Wanna be bright yellow

Raw umber natural (PBr7)

Appearance

Old hay, burnt lawn, ash tree bark

 

Pros

Neutral greens

Golden mixes 

 

Cons

Not versatile

Tends to be gummy

 

Character

Shy but confident

Raw Umber (PBr7)

Appearance

Dark chocolate, wet soil, pine bark

 

Pros

Pine needle greens

Granite grey with PB29

Neon contrast with synthetics

 

Cons

Warm mixes redundant

 

Character

Captain cool

Venetian red (PR101)

Appearance

Bricks, aged plums, tiled roof

 

Pros

Fabulous violets with PB29 PR122

Toffee caramel with PY154

Perfect brick base colour 

 

Cons

Poor mixes with dark colds

Thick

 

Character

Skilled specialist

Burnt sienna deep (PR101)

Appearance

Rust, fall leaves, sunset trees

 

Pros

Versatile

Carmines with reds, magentas

Sensational greys, charcoal black

Olive greens

Rusty sunset yellows

 

Cons

Mixed poorly with other earths 

Character

Egotistical, pretentious