Hi!

I love This Little Piggy pigment Grenache, such a beautiful, almost velvet-like color, with its stunning sparkle.
I just find it difficult to combine it nicely.
A very nice classic color combination is of course with black, white and gold.
But I was always afraid that if I combined it with white, it would quickly get pink, I wanted to avoid that.
That's why I chose QNAG for the bottom layer of colors.
Then it won't get pink! Was the thought.

I started with a plan for a specific composition.
However, when laying down the layers of colors, the amount of paint in the composition increased too much.
So I abandoned the plan and started swiping, purely based on feeling.
See what I do, what it looks like, and still create a catchy whole.
I don't think all the details turned out equally well, maybe I can give it a little touch up later.
But the whole composition works in my opinion!
And I managed not to do too much, with the scoop and drags ;)

I hope you enjoy,
and see you soon! x



How I make my BASE:

Talens Art Creation Titanium White and Owatrol floetrol (1:3 minimal water added). I do this in portions (cups) of 35 grams of Titanium White and 105 grams of Owatrol, and usually add 5 grams of water. I make larger stocks of this, and always try to let it rest for at least 2 days so that it has fewer air bubbles...

The colors I used:

TLP Zeus
TLP Grenache
Golden QNAG
Golden Permanent Maroon
Amsterdam Expert Carmine Deep
Amsterdam Oxide Black
Jo Sonja Purple Madder

I MIX MY COLORS also with Owatrol floetrol. Ratio depends on the pigmentation and thickness of the paint, also a very small amount of water added for consistency, but slightly thinner than the base.

I first wet my PIGMENTS with a little JoSonja varnish until I have a paste. Then I add a small scoop of binder (Caparol). I also use Owatrol as PM with the pigments and that is not paint. It therefore lacks the binding. And I personally don't like it when colors become 'runny'. So that's how I solve it. Then I also add Owatrol floetrol to this, I do that by eye, in the same consistency as the other colours.

I make my CELL ACTIVATOR with acrylic paint and Australian floetrol (1:2). I used Amsterdam Titanium White and Oxide Black here. For the Gold cell activator I mix two different types of Gold. I use Golden Bright Gold and Amsterdam Deep Gold (1:3 approximately). Because Amsterdam works well, and Golden to make the color more beautiful!