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Another Limited Palette Portrait
You can click on the image to see an enlargement and read the text. I’ve got the colors swatched: Saturn Red, a cool red which I think is Quin Pink (based on how it’s reading in the finished portrait), Indanthone blue (PB60) and Azure Cobalt blue (because I love the granulation), Green Gold, Burnt Sienna […]
More Fun with Arches Text Wove
Here’s another portrait I sketched in my small (5 x 6 inch) purse journal that I made using Arches Text Wove paper. (The black background is to show off the fun torn edge.) I will be posting a video of yet another portrait made in this book, so you can see me working on this […]
In Context: Taking Time to Note Your Color Mixes
Even when you’re rushing to get a quick portrait study done, you’ve got time to test some color mixes and note them down for future reference. That’s what’s happening on this page spread (as well as some notes about life). I love Azure Cobalt Blue from Schmincke but it doesn’t give the dark values I […]
In Context: Palette Choices for a Triad
You can click on the image to read the text on the page. You’ll learn more about the pigments I used and why; more about my choice of subject matter; and about a brush I wish to replace—but that looks unlikely as it is no longer listed on Cheap Joe’s website and they haven’t answered […]
Color Notes
Often I’ll make my color notes on the same page spread when I’m working. This is a brush pen sketch and watercolor in an Arteza Watercolor sketchbook that’s about 9 x 11 inches. (You can read my review comments about this sketchbook by using the keyword in this blog’s search engine. Basically, not a […]
Watercolor Palette Update
Yesterday I decided it was time to tune up my watercolor travel palette. Before the Fair this year I took pan colors off two squarish palette boxes (Schmincke). I consolidated some of the pans into a smaller palette I could use at the Fair—I wanted to carry as little as possible. Since the […]
Incredible Hand-Painted Color Swatch Book
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Color Palette Tests: Testing a Different Blue
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