Case for Making French Vermilion

A bright orange-red synthetic formulated to simulate the characteristics of the mineral pigment Vermilion, without the use of mercury. This lovely core color is highly opaque, smooth and lightfast. True Vermilion is a brilliant red pigment with a rich history of use around the world, from Ancient Rome’s decorative arts, to illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, to lacquerware in China since the Song dynasty. Vermillion was even used as a cosmetic rouge in ancient West Asia.

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A deep and warm earth color, similar to a deep scarlet, Venetian Red is opaque and lightfast with a smooth and consistent texture. This pigment comes from the southern Italian Alps, which is a rich source of very old earth pigments preserved by overlapping volcanic rock. It consists almost completely of ferric oxide derived from hematite, a crystalline-structured mineral form of iron(lll) oxide. Venetian Red was a color widely used in Italian Renaissance painting beginning in the 14th century.

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A natural light ochre earth pigment sourced in France, lightfast and semi-transparent. Has a smooth texture and works well as a highlight color. We have some seconds available in this color. We deem a half pan second quality when it is too low, too full or a bit too cracked to sell at full price. Available until we run out! All of our watercolors are handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments, plus natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine, distilled water, and a dash of clove oil for freshness!

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A vivid and rich blue, Ultramarine Blue was first formulated in 1828 by chemist Guillemet as a synthetic reproduction of the expensive and rare mineral pigment Lapis Lazuli, whose color extraction process is also very labor intensive. Ultramarine Blue was the beautiful, affordable and stable alternative for artists. Opaque, very lightfast, and paints with a consistent smooth texture.

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An ultra-bright synthetic! Like all our fluorescents, this fun glowy red is opaque and super smooth. Fluorescents absorb invisible UV light energy and reemit it at a higher visible wavelength. This enhances the appearance of the pigment, delivering those eye-catching, radiant colors we love! Fluorescents are also fantastic for mixing a bit of brightness into core colors. Let the party begin! Important Notes on Fluorescents!: The amazing neon qualities of fluorescents are difficult to capture in a scan or photograph.

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The perfect earthy, ochre orange for those rich summer sunsets! We are so excited to add Luberon Orange to our earth pigment collection. Luberon orange originates from ocher deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Mountains. This pigment has a smooth, rich, and opaque color payoff and is also lightfast.

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A deep, warm brick red sienna earth pigment with high opacity, lightfastness, and a very consistent and smooth texture. The pigments we use to make these colors are specific to Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountain range. Natural earth pigments have been mined from this region since the mid-1800's, and we think these colors are still unrivaled in intensity and richness. All three of our Blue Ridge colors are natural iron-oxide pigments - clay deposits that over time have been saturated in limonite, which produces a yellow hue, and hematite, which produces a reddish hue.

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Valspar 116 S-Red Novocolor II Universal Colorant, 1 Qt is a versatile and high-quality colorant designed to provide rich, vibrant red hues for your painting…

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TransTint Dyes When color accuracy, consistency, and professional-grade results are essential, craftsmen choose TransTint concentrated wood dyes. TransTint…

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A soft red-violet in the synthetic Ultramarine family. Opaque, very lightfast, and paints with a consistent smooth texture. All of our watercolors are handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments, plus natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine, distilled water, and a dash of clove oil for freshness! Half Pans contain around 2ml of paint and are approximately 3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8" deep. Color Index number as provided by vendor: PV 15.77007. All of our watercolors conform to ASTM D-4236 .

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Indigo was one of our first handmade watercolors, a must-have in a palette! This rich synthetic color simulates Genuine Indigo and provides a wide range of tones—at its darkest it appears almost black! Both colors are fantastic for layering, glazing, and color mixing (a little bit goes a long way!) and are wonderfully opaque at full saturation. Genuine Indigo is derived from the Indigofera tinctoria plant through a fermentation process, and further refined to achieve greater saturation and intensity.

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This delicious, ultra-bright and smooth color resembles the stunning hue of live coral in tropical reefs. Much championed by the dazzling CfM Friends teaching artist Melanie Lan , CfM Coral will punch up any painting. It's ideal for capturing those intense orange-pink skies we love to see at sunset, with a rich opacity perfect for adding vivid highlights to your spring florals! This color contains fluorescent pigment, which is not lightfast. Fading can be reduced by coating finished pieces in a UV protective varnish and/or keeping them out of direct sunlight.

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Our ultimate blended brown! Cocoa is a careful mix of 6 (!!) of our core collection colors—the most out of all our blends, with Lime and Ruby in close second. Compared to Burnt Umber Dark and Reddish—both beautiful, single origin earth pigments that lend texture and transparency—Cocoa is a smooth, opaque alternative with a lovely ultra-matte finish. The cool thing about Cocoa is that the colors used to make this blend include two different reds, two yellows, and two blues! The fact that mixing the three primaries together creates an unlimited amount of neutrals never ceases to amaze us!

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The classic composition notebook reimagined! We love these fun and funky color combinations that keep us inspired! Emilio Braga sketchbooks are our favorite, and have been handmade in Portugal since 1918! They are perfect for drawing and writing, even on the go! Every sketchbook has an elastic band and comes with a cardstock sheet that is lined on one side and grid on the other to use as a writing guide since all pages are blank. Size 12cm x 17cm (approx. 4.72in. x 6.69in.) Size 17cm x 23cm (approx. 6.69in.

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This series of paintings was created to celebrate the female purveyors behind the San Francisco restaurant, Flour + Water's, special Women's Month tasting menu. Size 9" x 12" 11 people from our team worked together to collectively create these watercolor paintings, one color mark at a time. Our team is inspired by curiosity, craft and experimentation and we made this series of works in celebration of the visionary women behind each of these beautiful ingredients. We're happy to offer them for sale here as the first original artworks created by our team.

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This slim and sturdy palette fits up to twenty-four of our handmade watercolors ! It's slightly wider and flatter than our standard Medium Palette , so it's even easier to slide in your backpack with your paint journal! Includes an empty palette with a white lid and silver base. Medium swatch card is also included. Measures approximately 9" x 3.5" x 1/2" when closed. Imported from Germany.

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The tiniest pocket architecture scale ever! A great straightedge to keep in your toolkit! You'll never know when you're going to need one!

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Our lovely letterpressed watercolor swatch cards! Fits our small tin perfectly and has 14 blind debossed squares to color swatch your CfM watercolors with space below to write the color names! Comes free with the purchase of a premade set.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2:00 - 4:00pm PT This is an in-person workshop at CfM Art Room: 4035 Judah St, San Francisco, next door to our shop! This abstract mark-making and mixed media workshop will explore intuitive ways of making marks to develop freedom and confidence in the process. We will begin with activities designed to explore materials and experiment with various approaches to creating marks. We will then cut & collage the papers we created in warm-up activities, add additional material, and explore meaning through the creation of an abstract piece rooted in your unique sensibility.

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These porcelain Hasami dishes with a light grey glaze are perfect for holding our colors, small studio and office supplies, and are also food safe! Available in two sizes: Small: 3.25" in diameter Medium: 5.5" in…

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We love our letterpressed watercolor swatch cards - they're fun and cute and oh so useful! This debossed swatch card features 12 indentations for color swatches - made to fit in our Simple Travel Palette. This card comes free with all travel size premade watercolor sets.

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Mono Jumbo Eraser - for all your biggest eraser needs, this one will last you forever! Measures: about 3.25" x 1.5"

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A soothing collection of natural pigments found all around the place we all call home, Mother Earth! With pigments derived everywhere from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Luberon region of France, this palette is a tour of our planet's rich mines of color. This set comes in our CfM Small Palette , which we love for its handy mixing wells and easy-to-clean design. Our premade sets also include a swatch card letterpress printed by our friends at Aesthetic Union —what better way to get to know your new colors than a meditative swatching session?!

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