Case 05 — 2024
Pigment Study
Personal Series
Drag — prep vs finish
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PrepFinishThe brief
One shade a day for a year, mixed by hand and logged with its recipe.
- Series
- Personal
- Duration
- 365 days
- Shades
- 312 kept
- Medium
- Pigment on card
- Artist
- Mireille Vaux
The kit, step by step
01
Base
Clear mixing medium
Same batch all year for consistency.
02
Colour
Loose pigments, 18 primaries
Weighed to the tenth of a gram.
03
Tool
Palette knife, steel palette
Cleaned between every shade.
04
Log
Recipe notebook
Every shade can be remade.
Backstage notes
- “Many client lip shades now come straight from this library.”
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