Titanium White vs Zinc White - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBAug 11, 2009 — Cremnitz White white is pure lead white. You have to look at the pigment list to know what you are really getting. Lead White – PW1. Zinc White – PW4. Titanium White – PW6. So the round about answer is that I use a titanium/zinc mix for general painting and for portraiture I tend to use flake white.
Zinc White: Problems in Oil Paint - WetCanvas: Online Living for …
WEBSep 25, 2007 — A 28-year study exposes problems of zinc oxide in oil paint. A new paper released by scientists at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute exposes long-term problems with zinc white in oil paint. The report “The Chemical and Mechanical Effects of Pigments on Drying Oils” describes the highlights of a 28-year study on the stability ...
Zinc White: Friend or Foe? - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBMay 4, 2017 — Zinc White is totally demonized pigment. The main demozators was Tumosa and Mecklemburg. They published a tendentious pseudo-scientific article in which they described all historic and nowadays oil painting troubles as a cause of Zinc White usage.
A question about "mixing white" - WetCanvas: Online Living for …
WEBJul 26, 2008 — Mixed with Titanium White, they both produced a nice pastel color, with the Phthalo blue coming out close to Cerulean Blue. With Mixing White (zinc), the blue came out a bit darker than the other mixture, but the opacity was increased. Yellow came out much the same, but with less color shift overall.
White gouache - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBFeb 6, 2011 — Zinc White produces the cleanest, most lightfast tints. Bleedproof White prevents underlayers from bleeding through, particularly those colours marked ‘BI’ on the colour chart. And finally, Process White is for photographic retouching, where it will reproduce its true value. This leaves out “Titanium” white.
Zinc White - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBAug 23, 2018 — Zinc no longer is a major pigment, we can easily replace it with pure Titanium White, Blank Fixe, Chalk, Lithopone, Strontium Titanate, Antimony Oxide, Lead White, Zirconium White e.t.c. Just do not use Zinc White, eliminate all Titanium White + Zinc White mixes, totally replace Zinc White in all artistic paint formulations, let Old Holland to ...
Zinc White Test - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBNov 6, 2015 — The Pre-Raphaelites painted on a thin zinc white ground, and their works are in excellent shape. This “test” was done to address the paper on zinc white problems by Mecklenburg warning artists of potential problems if they continue using zinc white paint. The issue is not with zinc white over zinc white.
A Comparison of Some Oil Whites - WetCanvas: Online Living for …
WEBJul 3, 2022 — Blockx Zinc White, in poppy oil. #5. Michael Harding’s Titanium White #1 with Titanium only (2021), in safflower oil. #6. Blockx Titanium Only, in poppy oil. #7. Michael Harding’s Foundation White with Lead and Titanium (old, no longer available), in linseed oil. #1 and #2 are almost identical in hue, the Blockx very slightly more grey and ...
Titanium-Zinc White: is it safe? - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBMar 22, 2012 — For example, when Zinc White is mixed with an earth color, or a couple of cadmium colors, as well as with some Titanium White, and the painting medium of one’s choice, it ceases to behave like the initial Zinc White, and merely becomes an ingredient in a “mix” that is not “Zinc White”, any more, but a totally new, and different substance.
Percentage of Zinc in Titanium White Oil Paints - more information ...
WEBMar 9, 2018 — Grumbacher Titanium White – 10% of ZInc White. Permalba White – 25% of Zinc White is optimal bleaching additive. But the real concentration is a trade secret. Rowney Artists’ Titanium White. I do not have exact formulation, but it contains much Zinc. As it is effectively bleached white and has heavy weight, I guess it contains more than ...