Zooming around a yellow field, the cyan snake dodges red orbs and heads for the water. I did this painting a few months ago but never got around to scanning or blogging about it as a palette cleanser. I may have indulged a bit in the yellow- mostly the bismuth yellow which is really intense. Quinacridone violet is also included (PV55) it really looks good with the yellow, cyan, and red/orange elements. The style here resembles 20th century pop art which used a lot of the synthetic paints that had been recently discovered. Most of those paints still remain to this day- the pigments are derived from the petro-chemical industry. MacEvoy's Handprint.com webpage has extensive descriptions of paints and their origins in case you are interested in more details.
Palette Cleanser #42, 9 x 12" watercolour paper, watercolour, November 2020
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