Continuing with the palette cleaning, this painting was done simultaneously with the previous post's painting. I had a lot of yellow ochre (PY43) left over apparently. It is such a strong paint you don't need much of it usually. Yellow ochre is very opaque and thick so it does not mix really well, but I find it indispensable for making certain greys and muted yellows. I used to use aureolin yellow (PY40) for that, but aureolin is quite toxic and it fades in sunlight. For bright yellow, now I use PY175 which is a near exact replacement for aureolin. Colours aside, this painting features carbon black (PBk6) infused between the strands of blue and brown. It kind of reminds me of a Van Gogh painting of the black crows flying over the hayfields.
Palette Cleanser: Carbon Colour Copy, 9 x 12" watercolour paper, watercolour, October 2021 (No. 2890a)
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