[Aquanet] Graham paints

[Patrick Davis]

Hi, Gang

I append below a correspondence I have had with Art Graham of paint renown.

My question-

>
> I have a question I trsut you can help me with.  I have your w/c 
> pigment 'transparent red iron oxide' which I use in lieu of burnt 
> sienna... and I like what it does there. I've been thinking, however, 
> that you must have introduced it for some other purpose, so I figure 
> I'm missing the boat somewhere. (A not unusual state for me) Could you 
> please enlighten me as to what your purpose was?  I figure it's not 
> likely you would have gone to all the trouble and expense of 
> introducing a new line just on a whim.
>
> Also, I trust you would not mind if I shared your answer with the 
> Aquanet group.
>
> cheers and TIA
> pat
>
> PS: I also got talked into buying your ultramarine pink by your 
> smooth-talking rep in Calgary, and after some initial floundering, I 
> find I really like it in a triad- cobalt turquoise or mn blue with azo 
> orange. It also does neat things with ult purple. 
His response is noted below... with permission from Diana. (I think they 
tag-teamed me.)

> Hi Patrick
> Nice to hear from you.  Other mfg's are using this pigment as their 
> burnt sienna. Since we have a real burnt sienna it made sense to have 
> the something in the same color space as the other guys.  Besides, it 
> really is what burnt sienna was like 40 years ago before the mines ran 
> out. And it looks great! The ultra pink is weird and wonderful.
> Art Graham