You could get close to that color with Ultramarine blue but I mostly don’t want granulation in my skies. It’s especially good for skies because it doesn’t granulate much. So why use it? Cobalt blue, straight out of the tube, is the exact heart-breakingly glorious blue of a high Sierra sky on a summer day. (When I’m teaching about pigments, I sometimes say that if colors were animals, Phthalo blue would be a grizzly bear and Cobalt a squirrel.) Because Cobalt is such a wimpy color I need to refill the palette a lot, so there’s usually room in the palette well to make a special mix before a trip. Graham cobalt in with the Daniel Smith paint to soften it up and make it easier to re-wet. If I’m planning on spending a week in the Sierra I’ll mix some M. In tropical places where the weather is hot and moist it becomes really gooey and drips all over the adjacent colors, while in the mountains of northern California it gets so dry that it’s hard to pick up enough paint on my brush. Thanks!)Īs you know, I love Cobalt blue, even though it can be cranky and difficult in the palette. (If you are reading this via email, please click on the article title link below and add a comment on my blog. This is just the beginning of my explorations so stay tuned for more Cobalt-related shadows in the weeks to come.ĭo you use Cobalt Blue regularly? What brand do you use? What do you use it for? Here is it in action while re-doing one of the exercises from the course. It’s great for creating shadows of a Value of 3, but a little harder if you want a Value of 4 (assuming a five-step value scale).īut I’m also using it with Monte Amiata Natural Sienna and Transparent Red Oxide. This creates a lovely soft grey that is perfect for shadows (shade or cast shadow), particularly on white objects. So this means I’m also testing Aquarius Cobalt Blue.Īt the moment my favourite shadow mix using Cobalt is to create a grey (a blue-grey, a purple-grey or a warm grey) with Hansa Yellow Medium and Quin Rose. When I’m out and about, as mentioned last week, I’m using an Aquarius palette. It appeared from this quick test that although the DS feels more transparent, the WN might create more pigment parties. So last week I decided to compare Daniel Smith vs Winsor and Newton and decided to try using the WN for a bit in my studio palette.
COBALT BLUE COCKATOO FULL
Read the full article here.īut as it’s a more recent addition to my palette (since 2018) I haven’t tested it fully.
COBALT BLUE COCKATOO SERIES
This is what I wrote about Cobalt Blue when I was doing the Colours In My Palette series and is still a good summary of why I love this colour so much.
This has been prompted by the current Watercolour On Location lesson – Value and Colour – and recent discussions within the classroom and livestreams about shadow washes. In the past week, I’ve been focusing on Cobalt Blue and how I use it in my everyday sketching.
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