Thursday, February 23, 2017

Playing with Color

Playing with Color


I was playing with some colors that are new to me, and discovered some really great hues.  Almost every time I order paint I order a color I am unfamiliar with.  Sometimes it sits unopened in the studio for months, and sometimes I cant wait to try it.  Eventually, I get around to exploring the new colors, and always discover something surprising.


This is the first study I did in the video, using Senneliers Sepia, Blick Matte Acrylic White, and Goldens Indian Yellow Hue fluid acrylic.
In this one I am primarily investigating Goldens Terre Verte Hue, mixing it with their Nickel Azo Yellow and some white.

This is an earlier version of the Sepia test.  I mixed it with a teeny bit of Quinacridone Gold (from Golden) in those few bits on the right.  Otherwise its just Sepia with varying amounts of white and gray.
Here are a couple of quick tests I did with some unusual colors (for me) from Golden:  Permanent Maroon, which is relatively transparent, kind of an muted red-purple; and Violet Oxide, which looks to me like an opaque version of the same thing.  I mixed them with white, and then with one other color, as indicated. 

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