Beautiful mixes! For your North American viewers: Schmincke Hor. are crazy expensive this side of the pond. If you can access DSmith at a better price, their Lunar Black can serve much the same purpose. Its granulation is a bit different (a little rougher), but still really nice. And like the S.H. MarsBlack, Lunar Black tones to a middle grey, rather than the inky-black-of-an-unlit-coal-mine. If you can find a swatch of DS's Lunar BLUE, that is simply a mix of Lunar Black and Phthalo Blue, and has much in common with your own Phthalo Blue/Mars mix. ~ - * - ~ Yet another possibility is the Primatek Black Tourmaline. Its granulation is more subtle, but it's a really nice, not-so-dense middle grey - and just faintly on the warm side of neutral.
this video was so helpful thanks for making it! i have to check this color out. fun fact, though, it turns out it's called "Mars Black" because it's an iron pigment and Mars is the patron god of Iron (in addition to war). it's the same with Mars Red.
I don't own any blacks, I love this one! All those blues look like specialty paints. You got me again Alyona, lol, I just ordered. Again thanks for the info and the links!
Why you mix the Black only with Blues? I love this Black but i also love the Hämatite (maybe it calls a lil bit different) the granulation is more ruffer more like Lunar Black
Hi! Love the mixes. Do you by any chance have Daniel Smith Lunar Black? Was wondering how it compared to Schmincke's version - it looks like DS granulates even more
pbasswil Hey. Thanks for the reply! Yeah I'm planning on trying the DS version, wanted to know if there was something I'd be missing out on 😊 Do you have an experience comparing Lunar Blue to the Lunar Black + Phthalo Blue manual mixes? Is it worth getting a tube of it or is it easy to replicate?
I haven't back-to-backed them, but by adding L.B. to Phthalo Blue I easily approached the online swatches of Lunar Blue I've seen. For me it was a no-brainer to just get Lunar Black, because it can transform _any_ brighter colour, in the same way as it does Phthalo Blue.
I should emphasize that the _look_ of Lunar Black's granulation is a bit different than Alyona's Mars Black swatches. You can definitely get an idea from J Blundell's swatch: janeblundellart.blogspot.com/2017/04/daniel-smith-watercolour-full-range.html
pbasswil Thanks so much! Yes, I've seen the swatches and love Lunar Black look. Will go for that then, thank you. Never considered black for my palette but this one has some awesome benefits.
I don't now if this is still helpful, but: I have ivory black as my go to standard dark black on my palette and will now buy Mars black for its fancy granulation effects when mixed with other colors. :) Also I've heard of Lamp Black being a really deep kinda cold-leaning black*
Just when I think I don't need a black on my pallet, your demonstration makes me want this one. Really beautiful effects. Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful mixes!
For your North American viewers: Schmincke Hor. are crazy expensive this side of the pond. If you can access DSmith at a better price, their Lunar Black can serve much the same purpose. Its granulation is a bit different (a little rougher), but still really nice. And like the S.H. MarsBlack, Lunar Black tones to a middle grey, rather than the inky-black-of-an-unlit-coal-mine.
If you can find a swatch of DS's Lunar BLUE, that is simply a mix of Lunar Black and Phthalo Blue, and has much in common with your own Phthalo Blue/Mars mix.
~ - * - ~
Yet another possibility is the Primatek Black Tourmaline. Its granulation is more subtle, but it's a really nice, not-so-dense middle grey - and just faintly on the warm side of neutral.
Thanks so much for sharing, that was very useful! :)
Thanks for this review 😊. PBk11 is a very beautiful black and does indeed allow the other colours to come through.
this video was so helpful thanks for making it! i have to check this color out. fun fact, though, it turns out it's called "Mars Black" because it's an iron pigment and Mars is the patron god of Iron (in addition to war). it's the same with Mars Red.
That is interesting! :)
Extremely helpful! thank you very much! :)
I don't own any blacks, I love this one! All those blues look like specialty paints. You got me again Alyona, lol, I just ordered. Again thanks for the info and the links!
It was quite a revelation to me as well, the fact that there can a black like this :) Slowly going through the older comments :)
Good vidéo ; thank you :-)
Interesting, thanks.
Pour l'opacité il aurait fallut faire un trait blanc! :-) For opacity it would have been necessary to make a white line! :-)
Why you mix the Black only with Blues?
I love this Black but i also love the Hämatite (maybe it calls a lil bit different) the granulation is more ruffer more like Lunar Black
Hi! Love the mixes. Do you by any chance have Daniel Smith Lunar Black? Was wondering how it compared to Schmincke's version - it looks like DS granulates even more
Ana, read your comment after posting mine above.
DS Lunar Black granulation is indeed coarser than Mars Black. Both are nice, it's down to taste.
pbasswil Hey. Thanks for the reply! Yeah I'm planning on trying the DS version, wanted to know if there was something I'd be missing out on 😊 Do you have an experience comparing Lunar Blue to the Lunar Black + Phthalo Blue manual mixes? Is it worth getting a tube of it or is it easy to replicate?
I haven't back-to-backed them, but by adding L.B. to Phthalo Blue I easily approached the online swatches of Lunar Blue I've seen. For me it was a no-brainer to just get Lunar Black, because it can transform _any_ brighter colour, in the same way as it does Phthalo Blue.
I should emphasize that the _look_ of Lunar Black's granulation is a bit different than Alyona's Mars Black swatches. You can definitely get an idea from J Blundell's swatch:
janeblundellart.blogspot.com/2017/04/daniel-smith-watercolour-full-range.html
pbasswil Thanks so much! Yes, I've seen the swatches and love Lunar Black look. Will go for that then, thank you. Never considered black for my palette but this one has some awesome benefits.
Hi! please could you help me? I don't know which black buy, the ivory black or mars, what black is more dark? thxx
NORA JOHANA BALDERA AGUAYO Mars Black is definitely not dark, I would imagine Ivory Black is darker. Hope this helps. :)
I don't now if this is still helpful, but: I have ivory black as my go to standard dark black on my palette and will now buy Mars black for its fancy granulation effects when mixed with other colors. :)
Also I've heard of Lamp Black being a really deep kinda cold-leaning black*
Hello ! :-)