One of my goals this year was to change up my palette and try out a lot of new paints. Doing the 27 Stations of the Green Line Metro series was a way to push my skills to their limits and learn how to use the new paints. Today was a big work day so I just popped out to the backyard area and arranged three of the geraniums, vermilion red (left), a pink (back) and a scarlet red (right). It was a real test of capturing red and green, not to mention various shades of grey seen in the sliding door and steel panel. To get the vermilion I used benzimida orange (PO36) and pyrrole red (PR254) which worked out okay, I used have vermilion hue which is the exact colour but it is not light fast so I got rid of it. The pink was complicated, I used pyrrole red, a touch of black (PBk6), rose red (PV19), and then diluted it, but it was still a little too dark. The scarlet red was with pyrrole red, some rose red, and a bit of perylene maroon (PR179). Finally, the incredible green pots were done with venetian red (PR101 a thick earth red) with phthalo green (PG7) and some yellow to adjust.
There is also a creeping vine that is taking over the wall of the condo, you see it peeking up behind the geraniums and trying to get inside!
5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, July 2020
I am glad they survived the winter, and are looking amazing now.
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