Green Pigments, Green Cheese, Green Oil

I have 6 egg tempera paintings in a show that opens Monday March 4th.

It's very exciting.

Today is a holiday (not for Daya though) and I needed to go to Blick for a mounting board and a couple other show-related items.

Blick is not too far from Kremer and I thought I'd go there first to see what's going on, and to have a look at their metallic and pearlescent set to make sure I don't need it.

Sadly (and thankfully), I don't.

There are too many colors in it that are just too similar.

I did need a silver-ish pigment though. And some more glass bottles.

The silver is a bit expensive but will last for a long time.

I also got 2 other pigments which are both very cheap...

The Kremer Studio Sky Blue is a very useful color.

I have several of their other studio pigments- they are ok, they have a filler in them and are very transparent so they are very inexpensive. This is a color I find myself using a lot of and tempera is transparent layers anyhow.

And I finally got a bag of my favorite terre verte, Nicosia Green Earth, because I'm obsessed.

It is also a really cheap pigment... possibly my favorite color that isn't expensive. Unlike all my favorite cobalts...

I REALLY want Viridian but it's just too expensive, it's about $35/bag. 

I can't justify it.

These pigments come in bags but I transferred them to jars because the bags are annoying to deal with.

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On the way down to Blick I passed by Fairway and thought, "I wonder if just maybe... they might have my cheese."

I have never found it there before but since it was a nice day and I was right there, I went in and...

they DID, in fact, have my cheese!!

This is Sage Derby.

The first time I had it was in 2020 at the very last office event I ever attended at the Times Square office, right before covid hit.

We were wondering, what is that strange gem-like green cheese?

Turns out, it's wonderful.

I have been looking for it ever since, and have only found it one time at an upscale grocery store in my neighborhood, surprisingly. Fairway has never had it (when I have looked) and if they don't, probably no one else does.

Today they had my cheese.

What a nice surprise.

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On to Blick, for a very short list of show-related items.

I found them all...and I needed a refill of black oil paint.

I could not believe it, look at this sale:

I thought it was too good to be true, seriously.

These prices on series 4-6 are AMAZING.

I am almost out of cad yellow light so I got some.

And 3 cobalts and viridian.

Amazing.