Much to my delight, it arrived yesterday: Michael Harding’s “Genuine Chinese Vermilion”. I never knew a 40 ml tube could be so heavy.
First Question: just how poisonous is Mercuric Sulphide?
More reports to follow…
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Much to my delight, it arrived yesterday: Michael Harding’s “Genuine Chinese Vermilion”. I never knew a 40 ml tube could be so heavy.
First Question: just how poisonous is Mercuric Sulphide?
More reports to follow…
2 replies on “V for Vermilion”
Just about all the pigments you paint with are poisonous. The dry pigments are riskier to handle, but pigments bound in a medium(oil,watercolor,etc.) are fine as long as you don’t eat them!
A non-toxic alternative… though I’m assuming pixels can’t be eaten: