Vasari Ship Rock

This is a shade of taupe that is very muted, and has a slight grey-yellow-greenish slant to it while still sticking closer to the neutrals. Vasari’s Shiprock is darker in value and less pink than the Vasari mix called Bluff. In some ways this could be called a deep linen warm grey in the 5Y Munsell range. This color interestingly has Cadmium Yellow as the only known ingredient— a color which shows up at times on the edges of the paint daub while mixing. Unfortunately Vasari does not publish the ingredients in their convenience mixtures. However, we were overall favorable to the Scott Christensen colors, as they may be handy to have pre-mixed on the palette in order to save some time while painting. This one is medium lightness, so it is darker than Vasari’s Bluff.

“Medium light in value, Ship Rock is an opaque, very warm gray able to impart a subtle shade to lighter opaque colors and whites. Richly pigmented, yet softly natural, Ship Rock can easily tone down and push back the brightest Cadmiums as it adds warmth. Expertly compounded from bright complements, including Cadmium Yellow, Ship Rock is also found in the complete set of all eight grays, A Set of Color and Light. In collaboration with one of America's premier plein air painters, Scott L. Christensen. ... Ship Rock is milled with the finest alkali refined Linseed Oil in limited quantities for a naturally drying durable paint film. Visit our blog post Silver Point or Ship Rock that explores this highly chromatic and distinctive gray paired with mixing examples.” In their blog post, Silver Point or Ship Rock, they say the following, “…Ship Rock is a light warm gray so the value changes will be more pronounced as it complements the coolness of a Phthalo and imparts a lot of neutralizing warmth.” They add, “What’s so amazing is how Ship Rock softly tones down these cool darks while adding a real sense of light and space into the mixture. Ship Rock will appear to “push back” warm colors too, without any dulling, and make them more atmospheric yet still visually exciting.” -Vasari, https://vasaripaintpov.com/silver-point-or-ship-rock/

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