What prompted this monstrosity of a painting was my recent purchase of Winsor and Newton's red orange, otherwise known as pyrol orange (PO73). It is one of the highest chroma paints out there, it looks like a brand new traffic cone on a bright sunny day. I used it for the eyes of the creature, and then mixed with various amounts of indo blue (PB60) and magenta (PR122) to see what it looked like. When dry, I painted pure pyrol orange on top of the indo blue and created a neat tattoo effect on the creatures legs. In the scan, all of the orange comes out looking tomato red. When I paint actual pylons, I make them yellow-orange so that they scan as pure orange. I guess now that I bought the paint again I have to go find some pylons to paint. Not a tough task in Montreal!
Pumpkin Personality, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, October 2023 (No. 3650a)
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