Another little warm up wash for when you just don't know what to paint. Let the paint do the thinking for you.
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| How dirty is your palette? |
Start with a nice dirty palette. I have a number of palettes but this is the one I'm using more frequently these days - It's just a flat plastic palette which has the advantage of loads of space for pigment. I don't always clean off leftover paints and this is what my palette usually looks like.
Soak a sheet of paper in water - I literally put it in a bowl of water for 15 minutes. Slap it down on the palette and press down gently. Shift the paper slightly to get the pigment moving.
Then its just a case of selecting the areas of the paper that inspire a painting.
What can you see?
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| Elements of a landscape |
Colours: Daniel Smith Bloodstone Moon, Perylene Green, Green Gold, Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Sienna.
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| There's a floral painting hiding somewhere in there |
Colours: Winsor Violet, Quinacridone Pink, FUB