Bugles in the sky? After my weekend painting trip the palette was pretty dirty, lots of grey green and brown was used. I brought raw sienna (a toasty beige) and umber (mud) paint on my palette last weekend, they are very useful colours for landscapes. I also had the Schmincke quinacridone violet (PV55) it is a truly great paint for making silvery/grey shadows. In this painting I used colours just about pure, with the caveat that they were all a little dirty from the painting trip. Having some 'mud' in the mixes actually serves a purpose, when a colour is straight from the tube it can appear very bright and artificial. With a touch of grey added, the colour is more subdued and useful. In the past I kept my palette very dirty which helped subdue the colours. However, in retrospect my old paintings did tend to be less colourful than this years batch. You live you learn!
Palette Cleanser 33, 9 x 12" watercolour paper, watercolour, September 2020
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