What’s the difference between Burnt Sienna (PBr7) and Terra Cotta (PR102)?

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From left: DV Burnt Sienna; DV Terra Cotta; DV Indian Red

Burnt Sienna (PBr7) and Terra Cotta (PR102) are two lovely earth oranges that I will compare from Da Vinci. I pictured them above with Indian Red (PR101) to demonstrate how they are much more similar to each other than to an earth red, and prove to myself that Terra Cotta is really an earth orange. Because its pigment number is similar to Indian Red’s and because other brands call PR102 “Light Red”, I keep wanting to lump it in as an earth red, but it’s really very orange. It therefore vies for the same palette slot as Burnt Sienna. So which of these two earth oranges do I want in my dream palette?

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Travel Camera Roll: Nevada, November 2022

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Since I’ve been doing my camera roll inspo posts, I’ve noticed I often collect larger numbers of photos from travel because the sights are novel to me. The photos may not be great, but they each show some aspect of place that I want to remember, and that I would combined to use if painting that location. So I’ve decided to sequester unused “possible future reference photos” from each trip into its own post.

This post contains photos is from my trip to Nevada in November 2022. More photos and travel sketches from this trip can be found at Travel Sketches: Las Vegas/Mojave Desert.

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Monthly Retrospective: March 2025

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I moved again this month – a smaller one, in terms of space, as we moved just 10 miles across town, but large in terms of time and effort since we moved ourselves, and moved from a furnished to an unfurnished apartment so we have to get furniture and lots of household goods. There is … Read more

Artist Palette Profiles: Max Romey

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Max Romey (@trailboundsketches on Instagram) is an Alaska-based field sketcher and videographer known for working outdoors in freezing temperatures, documenting climate change, and creating highly-produced and experimental videos, such as those that interpose him in his own sketches. He also releases inspiring pep talks to creators, and embarks on interesting projects, such as finding the exact spots his grandmother sketched, or leaving tiny paintings around town to inspire moments of delight.

So what’s in his palette?

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