Saturday, November 10, 2012

I've put aside the Christmas painting for right now, and am working on a new fruit still life instead.  The current status is shown below.

Also today I created a small color mixing chart.  I wanted to experiment with some different brown paints that I have, mixing them with a few other random colors to see the results.  The color chart helps to appreciate subtle differences in appearance.  Just thought I'd show that as well!   :)




6 comments:

  1. Very bright and "cheery" on the new still life! :) And the color chart is very interesting. I can imagine that it must be "fun" to experiment with colors. :)

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  2. Yup, color is lots of fun. It's the essence of painting! :) I bought a new tube of oil paint today, something called pthalo turquoise. That should be interesting to use! :) I was looking for a new, warm blue color.

    Tonight I was listening to Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". I looked up the story of the ship on Wikipedia, and noticed that it's the anniversary of the wreckage! It sank 37 years ago today. Wow.

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  3. Oh, wow! I love the color turquoise. What are the odds that this would be the anniversary? It is kind of odd the way things work out sometimes.

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  4. Just read about the Edmund Fitzgerald. That is one awesome story!

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  5. Goodnight, Mikey and Bruce! :)

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  6. Yes, it was a sad event. The captain said that he had never seen a storm so bad. It's weird that the Great Lakes can get hurricane force winds!

    I think it's time for bed! Talk to you later. :)

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