Missed opportunity, this painting should have been called fossilized pop tart. As I finished it, the scene looked like some kind of fossilized insect from 300 million years ago, with a kind of Gustav Klimt or Andy Warhol style. To get the neon-green background, I used almost pure yellow (PY154) with a very slight touch of green (PG36), then faded to pure yellow at the bottom. It was actually done as a palette cleanser since my palette was pretty gunky with paint stuck around the corners of the wells. Having cleaned it out I squeezed in fresh paint and its good to go. I keep two nearly identical palettes on the go so that one is all ready while the other one sets. Unfortunately, we have more rain on tap for the next week, so I may have to engage my new series idea a little earlier than expected. Series painting was good for doing things a bit different in the studio (kitchen table), on rainy days for example. Maybe I will do a painting of a fossilized pop tart, or even better, a petrified pop tart.
Fossilized pop art, watercolour 6.5 x 9" cold press, May 2025
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