How to mix....

[CarlosBS]

pigments in order to get the color of

1 Sand?
2 And these kind of bricks... the material is CANTERA but i dunno if it is a know material in the States. In the photo they look like a light grey, but they are more like a really light pink

[noge]

Hi - dont worry about the color - dont paint brick by brick

make it simple -
but you need light and shadow in it

Good luck Egon

[Yorky]

Sand = pale Burnt Umber/ Raw Sienna mix.

Blocks = Cobalt Blue + Light Red.

Doug

[KarenSioson]

Hi Carlos,

If you want a tube color for a sandy/gritty looking pink, Winsor and Newton has Potter's Pink. I know you asked for a color recipe but thought you might also enjoy having a color which you can add or mix with your regular color mixes for that extra oomph particularly for rendering construction materials like bricks, adobe blocks, etc. The color sits on the surface of the paper so you really get the feel of pottery, sandstone and calcified stains on tiles. Perfect for rendering old houses and gardens. Use sparingly though. I think it works best when you just add a dash of it here and there... as an accent to your regular painting/rendering.



oops, took the picture of it upside down. haha. but you can see how it is a sort of grayed pink, earthy even.

As for rendering this house, I also would take the advice of Egon not to paint it brick by brick. Go for a hint of brick or blocks but don't emphasize the blocks too much or it might overpower the rest.

If I were to try to paint this though, i would go for several mixes of pinks and greys with blues in it like cobalt blue. If you look closely at the blocks, what makes it beautiful is that it is unevenly colored. Some have bluer hues, pinker hues and some even have a yellowish cast to it. Mixing your colors on a butcher's tray or a plate (where the colors would tend to encroach on the other colors' territories seem to yield the best color mixes for greys... I use the muddied color as a base and then add bits of the pure colors to it when suggesting individual bricks.) works best for me when I still used to render Interior design and architectural plates.

For the sand/molded ornaments, just add a bit of yellow ochre or something similar to the colors you would use for your blocks and use stippling to suggest a sandy surface but again, warm it only a little or it might stand out too much against the rest of the building. Looks almost the same color in the picture, just a touch warmer.

This is a beautiful building. Love your eye for architectural details.

Good luck and have fun with the painting!

Karen

[painterbear]

Hi Carlos,
Great advice already on your colors from ^^^.

First thing to do is not think of it as stone — just look at the various colors you see in the photo. Like Karen, I see a variety of shades and tones ranging from blue through lavender through pink.

The sand portion looks like a very pale wash of Burnt Umber.

Sylvia

BTW, I've moved your thread to The Studio which is where we ask for help when we're stuck with a painting as you are here.

[lily47]

I remember seeing a video tutorial of a stone cottage with those pinkish stones. The color used was a mix of naples yellow and cobalt violet.

Here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYG9d8JtQeE

[Horsa]

I would paint the wall in washes of colour to capture the overall feel. Then paint in a few individual bricks or groups of bricks to show that the wall is not a flat, plastered surface.

A lovely building with subtle colours. Have fun with it.