After some freezing cold location paintings it was nice to sit down with a hot cup of coffee and do a painting from the comfort of the apartment. The salt I use in the water can create a good mess in the palette, so I went over each blob of paint and used it to make this Van Gogh-inspired creation from my imagination. To create the golden pot with reflection I used yellow ochre (PY43), then circled the highlight with some orange and yellow. I used my new lemon yellow (PY175) and a touch of phthalo green yellow shade (PG36) for the chartreuse leaves, and perylene green (PBk31) and burnt sienna (PR101) for the dark leaves. If I could go back in time and give myself these paints when I was doing a lot of florals, I think I would have enjoyed them. I am not sure PG36 and PBk31 were in use back then. Many of the pigments used today in paints are relatively new to the art world, although most of them were known as industrial pigments for a long time.
Palette Cleanser #54, 9 x 12" watercolour paper, watercolour, January 2021 (No.2523b)
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