Tag Archives: yellow

Tools: Watercolors, 1, Yellow-Orange

Posted on June 13, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

For the next few weeks I am looking at my paint “collection.” I know better now how to judge what paints to buy, what I might love, and what I have — but it has taken me actually studying (*shudder* … Continue reading →

Posted in color, painting, tools, watercolor | Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, favorite, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Holbein, M.Graham watercolors, Mayan paints, opaque, orange, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, transparent paint, watercolor, yellow | 8 Comments

Y is for Yellow: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 29, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Gee, can’t I just use the yellow from yesterday’s post? No? Okay, timed stream of consciousness writing begins . . . When I was twelve my favorite color was pure lemon yellow. I was a tanned beach girl so I … Continue reading →

Posted in color, journal, memory, painting | Tagged orange-yellow, yellow | 5 Comments

X is for Xanthophyll Yellow: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 28, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Xanthophyll is the yellow pigments that brings many of the images on this page together: it is responsible for the egg-yolk yellow color in leaf pigments. Their structure is similar to carotenes, as in beta-carotenes, found in carrots, and responsible … Continue reading →