I am looking for a source, preferably online, for dry pigments for scenicing ala Joe Fugate’s videos, which are great! This is the dry stuff that gets mixed in with other dry material and then spread on the layout. I have an AC Moore that’s local, but they have no dry pigments or such. No Michael’s around either. The local drafting and art supply store (Triangle Art) closed up shop years ago. Google search turns up dickblick’s but they have little in the way of colors that I would need.
I was looking for that too at Michaels, but they only carry black, red, blue and yellow and other bright colors, but no brown, so I found it online at
http://www.teachersparadise.com/
Crayola Powder Paint 1 lb., Yellow
Crayola Powder Paint 1 lb, Brown
Crayola Powder Paint 1 lb., Black
I just received the package yesterday, and I’m going on vacation tomorrow, so I won’t have time to try it out.
The only minuor issue was that it took almost 8 weeks before they shipped (I ordered it on 5/22), and they never returned any of the mails I send, and there is no phone number - so I would be a bit cautious using them again. But in en I got what I ordered, and the credit card was not charged until the order was shipped
Jesper
Does this help?
Dick Blick Art Supply does have the colors, you just have to look a little closer!
The Crayola color line is being discontinued, unfortunately, so they’re becoming harder to get (you can still search for “Crayola powder paint” in google and find some stores selling it, but it may take a while to get). You can also search for FAS powder paint in google, which is out of New Zealand. You can also google for “Fresco powder tempera”.
You can also make brown by mixing red and green.
If you’re not sure what we’re talking about (the dry pigments), just check out the Scenery Forum Clinic.
Thank you Joe for the link. This is about the only info missing from the volumes 4 and 5 of your videos, which are great by the way. Well worth the money spent.
If there is no full-service “art” store in your neighborhood, look for a “teachers’ supply” or “educational supply” store for powdered temperas.
That was where I bought the box of yellow powdered sulphur for my sulphur operation. Real powdered sulphur would have looked slightly better, but the prototype of the special cars I built were needed because of the corrosive nature of sulphur!
Find a masonary supplies outlet, generally a builder’s supply store, and ask for masonary dyes. Or find someone who will give you the amount you need, say a cup each of two or three colours rather than the half-litre bags they sell typically. Even so, it’s not very expensive, and a little goes a long way.