Michael Harding Introduces the Brecon Beacons Oil Colors

The Michael Harding Brecon Beacons assortment provides 10 new colors to the Michael Harding oil paint vary. It’s the ultimate of 4 collections and units launched in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the corporate – becoming a member of the Brick Lane, Whitechapel, and Tunbridge Wells collections. The Brecon Beacons title refers back to the present web site in South Wales, the place Michael Harding has operated since 2010. The gathering consists of quite a lot of clear and semi-transparent colors, good for build up vibrant glazes and casting chromatic shadows. Forward of the discharge, Michael Harding visited the Jackson’s Studio to disclose and swatch every of the brand new paints, and provides his insights on every color.

The Michael Harding Brecon Beacons Assortment will probably be out there from Tuesday 4th August 2026.

Contents

0:00 Introduction

0:28 Bismuth Vanadate

1:03 Hansa Yellow Medium

1:37 Amber

2:04 Pyrrole Crimson

2:31 Perrindo Maroon

2:53 Corinthian Purple

3:26 Imperial Purple

4:04 Cobalt Blue Deep

4:39 Cosmic Blue

5:21 Forest Inexperienced

5:46 Conclusion

6:14 Credit

Movie Extract

Hello all people, I’m right here in the present day to speak in regards to the numerous colors that I’ve been launching. This set is named the Brecon Beacons Set. It’s essentially the most up-to-date within the chronological sequence. The Brecon Beacons, now, in fact, is the place the place we reside, with our color mill. We’ve put collectively this pretty set, and I’d love to indicate you the colors.

Bismuth Vanadate

The primary color I’d like to indicate you is Bismuth Vanadate (PY184), which comes from a household of very lightfast pigments. This can be a shiny yellow; fairly a inexperienced shade of yellow is one of the best ways to explain it. It’s actually wealthy and could possibly be described as a semi-opaque, semi-transparent yellow.

Hansa Yellow Medium

The following color I’d love to indicate you is Hansa Yellow Medium (PY97). As you may see, it’s one other actually wealthy, vibrant yellow, nearly a type of sunflower color. It’s clear, and it nearly has a type of gingery high quality to it, fairly purple as a yellow. It’s going to be gorgeous for creating oranges and different apparent mixes.

Amber

The following color I need to present you in the present day is a color we’ve named Amber (PY74, PR170, PY3). It has no relationship to the resin, however we simply tried to consider a color identify that might type of improve the looks of this actually attention-grabbing orange. It’s a stunning type of reddish, ambery color. But it surely simply makes this excellent, type of livid hearth color. You may see that it has nice masking energy.

Pyrrole Crimson

The following color I’d love to indicate you is Pyrrole Crimson (PR264), which comes from a household of very, very lightfast reds. One which I’ve needed to have within the vary for a very long time and at last bought spherical to it. It’s only a beautiful, good, deep purple. You may see how versatile that is going to be – it’s a ravishing, wealthy, scarlet crimson.

Perrindo Maroon

The following color we now have right here is Perrindo Maroon (PR179), a single pigment. It has stunning readability and a deep richness all the way down to the realms of Alizarins and Crimsons – nearly deep madder. It has many, many makes use of.

Corinthian Purple

Corinthian Purple (PR112, PB29, PV23) is a color in our watercolour vary and simply needed to be added to the oils. As you may most likely guess, I’ve had loads of enjoyable growing these colors. They don’t have any bounds. Corinthian Purple is so darkish and smoky.

Imperial Purple

And now we now have Imperial Purple (PB29, PV19). And it’s a very handy color; I’m considering of all the colors I might put with it now too. Let’s simply do one thing loopy. I’m going to do a mix with Hansa Yellow Medium, and I simply need to see the place it goes. It simply does issues; you get gingery browns in there. I imply, have a look at that. It’s simply beautiful

Cobalt Blue Deep

Now we now have one other version of a Cobalt Blue Deep (PB74). It’s a beautiful shade of blue, and it nearly wants no introduction, as a cobalt, in fact. Superb, wonderful color. Good for skies, clothes, the selection is yours. Splendidly lightfast. And curiously, should you ever burn this piece of paper that I’ve painted on, and in order that the paint will get destroyed, you’re left with the blue powder of the pigment as a result of it’s a pigment that may face up to very excessive temperatures, very excessive warmth. It’s a ravishing blue.

Cosmic Blue

The following color I’d like to indicate you all is Cosmic Blue (PBk11, PB15.1). Now, loads of you most likely would surprise in regards to the identify, and I’ll be completely sincere with you: there’s no massive historic connection; we simply needed to provide you with a reputation that individuals might affiliate the color with. You may see a blueness below there, and it’s bought a mistiness. The feel is nice. It produces nearly a smoky gray.

Forest Inexperienced

The following color I’d love to indicate you is Forest Inexperienced (PBr7, PB15.1). And once more, we put it into the vary actually to assist the panorama painters. I simply felt there have been some gaps, and it will be slightly attention-grabbing to have some deep greens. In the event you add a little bit of yellow, simply to carry it out a bit so you may see what’s occurring with it. There’s one thing fairly hazy occurring in there, and you can see how it will make fairly an attention-grabbing gray.

Conclusion

Properly, all people, I’ve been delighted to share the colors from my Brecon Beacons set with you in the present day. I’d love you all to provide them a strive. For me, they evoke a really particular time in my life, having been capable of transfer to Wales, a spot I by no means thought I’d love, and it’s a really stunning a part of the world. So I’m more than happy to suggest this Brecon Beacons set to you. Thanks.