The other day I was reading about how many satellites are in orbit around earth, it went from a dozen in the 1950's to now like hundred's of thousands. There are so many satellites that the milky way is not visible in parts of the world, and astronomers see lines criss-crossing space when they try to observe. To think that the one thing that all people have looked up to and thought about from the beginning, is now cluttered up with piles of satellites and space debris. The painting was just an abstract painting, partly done to clean off the palette for the weekend, and to test out the various earth paints I have in stock. The burnt yellow ochre and red/brown is almost run out, so I will try one of the other ones or maybe make a mix. It is very subtle but the 'rusty' paints can vary from orange-leaning to red-leaning. Venetian red is the reddest of them all, while a classic 'burnt sienna' tends to be orangest. If you go any further towards yellow you get raw sienna, then yellow ochre.
Orbital debris, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, October 2024
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