Reports

• Colors, Pigments and Traditions    This is a paper where I display a study and a possible adaptation of our palette with what the modern chemical industry is giving to us (revised and updated version in october 2008) (pdf file with 244 Kb - in English).

• It Is Not Difficult To Make Paints    We show some examples how to handle pigments and to obtain excellent oil paints (pdf file with 364 Kb - in Portuguese).

• Inorganic Pigments    It contains a detailed description of synthetic inorganic pigments as well as some details of their origins (revised version in july 2005) (pdf file with 141 Kb - in Portuguese).

• Organic Pigments    It contains a study on synthetic organic pigments and how to use them (pdf file with 120 Kb - in Portuguese).

• Comparative Study of Some Pigments    It is done a comparative study of some pigments. The main purpose is to achieve a domain in the use of colours, that is, what could be expected in the mixings as well as on the role that each pigment can develope in our palette (pdf file with 452 Kb - in Portuguese).

• Color Mixing for the Artist - Part I    This is a study of color mixing by means of pigments and its application to painting (pdf file with 446 Kb - in Portuguese).

• Color Mixing for the Artist - Part II    This is a study of color mixing in the context of aditive and subtractive processes (pdf file with 798 Kb - in Portuguese).

• Composition Harmony    This is a study on the several aspects of a painting composition, including the golden section and the PHI number (pdf file with 1,27 Mb - in Portuguese).

• Playing with Time    This is a description of the series of paintings entitled "Playing with Time" (pdf file with 1,58 Mb - in Portuguese).

• Technology and Modernity as Partners    This paper describes, based on an example, the general procedure adopted in the series of paintings entitled "Figurative-Abstract" (pdf file with 404 Kb - in English).

• Sizes and Grounds    This is the result of a study on canvas sizes and grounds by using PVA glue and acrylic gesso (pdf file with 270 Kb - in Portuguese).

• Digital Image    This is a theoretical paper on formation and handling of digital images (pdf file with 165 Kb - in Portuguese).

• The History of Our Group    This is the history of ou plein air painting group since its beginning (if there was actually one) till May 2008 (pdf file with 807 Kb - in Portuguese).

• Identification of Pigments which are closer to the Primary Colors    NEW   It is shown a quantitative way of identifying pigments which are closer to the primary colors, by using a digital camera and some few photoshop tools (pdf file with 643 Kb - in Portuguese).