Posthumous commission

[Patricia Joyce]

Mike,
What black did you use?? And what white??

[Mike McCarty]

As I recall, I just used what I had in my box, which was Ivory Black and Titanium White.

I didn't research it at all. Others may offer more reasoned choices. I do recall that I had no complaint with the choices.

[Debra Norton]

Patricia,
When we paint in black and white at school we use cremnitz white (at least some of us do) and mix up our black with equal mixtures of ivory black and raw umber. That gives a warmer mixture than ivory black alone. Ivory black alone will give a blue tint to it. We mix and tube the black ahead of time. If you want I can email you a picture painted with this combo and you can see how it looks.

[Patricia Joyce]

Thanks Debra, I would love to see a painting with this combo. I have never heard of cremnitz white, is it readily available?