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Today’s warm-up was conducted over copious amounts of caffeine. It is burnt umber with dashes of Thio Violet ( a Grumbacher color) and burnt sienna. I am running a little shy on the M.Graham pigments and had to bust out the Cotmans, but I like the final look of this one. It has a misty character to it that I liked playing with.
Every once in a while, I have fun painting with subtle contrasts and this is an example of that occasional tendency.
My contract work is going very well at the moment. I am doing watercolor under-paintings in burnt umber and ultramarine blue. These two colors, when mixed in varying formulas, create a nice range of grays. I’m also using a bit of Payne’s Gray to see what that brings to the work. So far so good!
I’ll be sure to post the finals when they are available.
We were unable to record an episode of the Ninja Mountain Podcast this week. A mixture of scheduling and technical difficulties was the culprit, but that’s understandable. That just means we’ll come out swinging next week!
The weekend awaits and I will likely be working throughout. The life of the harried freelancer….
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