This painting was partly inspired by crop circles. Crop circles are made by people in the middle of agricultural fields as a sort of artwork or publicity stunt. I was also exploring the pairing of similar hue paints that differ in their values. For example ferrari red (PR254) and perylene maroon (PR179) are similar shades of red but the latter is much darker valued than the former. Knowing the relationship between the paints helps to make accurate shadows and to create better colour harmony. It is sometimes difficult to judge what hue angle a given colour is. For example, I never really appreciated the fact that brown is essentially dark orange, or indigo is dark blue. I have an idea for a new colour, it will be literally all the colours mixed into one. I call it Peter's Grey. But if I had to invent a colour it would be Peter's Purple Pants, and for Cilei it would be Cilei's Green Lemons. What colour would you name after yourself?
Remarkable Values, watercolour 8 x 10" rough press, March 2022 (No. 3329b)
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