I set about swatching all of my Acrylic paints. I wanted to know what I have and what I don't have for some upcoming projects. I've always swatched my watercolors, but not the acrylics until now.
In the process I saw these chips setting out waiting to dry and thought they would make a great palette - for a quilt maybe? Yes.
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| I don't know why it's sideways, I've changed it but it likes to be this way. |
I've been joining Watch.Learn.Play and painting with them lately. Today I painted some flowers. I had gathered some ferns on the morning walk and used them to transfer paint to the background to make the fern image.
We are using a palette of Cobalt Blue, Naples Yellow and Burnt Sienna. That's what I used for this painting. It's a bit on the dark, muted side. Which I like, but, I wanted a bit more of a brighter green and added a touch of Lemon Yellow to get it.
Oh, if you noticed the bottom of the painting didn't conform to that palette - I started with a canvas that had been primed with a light blue. Then I over painted it with some Quinacridone Gold (my fav). For some reason it decided to separate and not cover completely. Which turned out pretty cool - so I left it.
