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mopinko

(72,135 posts)
13. oh yes.
Wed May 27, 2020, 05:30 PM
May 2020

there are many blacks. i tend to favor the warm ones, as w most colors.
there are 2 reds on the color wheel which few people can tell apart.
one if my favorite color. a true color.
the other is just, just, the opposite.

a few steps down that wheel, and the contrast is not there.

but, ya know, lights and darks.
warm and cool.

to really put it on paper, you need to see both. and use that.

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Work on the eyes. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #1
Yes, I noticed the eye dropped. I often get it right with pencil GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #2
This is beautiful just as it is! LiberalLoner May 2020 #3
Thank you! I'm definitely breaking out the Arches 300 for this one. GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #6
use the good paper. duh. mopinko May 2020 #4
Yeah, I feel like it's a duh. I might do the 300lb as it could give me a little more room for GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #5
If you love granulation...check out Daniel Smith Lunar Black for a nice dark color! LiberalLoner May 2020 #7
Thank you! I have it on a dot card, but I can get similar GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #11
Those watercolor paints can get expensive, that's for sure. But those Daniel Smith watercolors are LiberalLoner May 2020 #20
i learned as much about art from bill alexander and the magic of oil painting mopinko May 2020 #10
Very true. I don't mind her darks not being all neutral black. Warm GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #12
oh yes. mopinko May 2020 #13
My two cents bif May 2020 #8
keep sharpening your eye, friend. mopinko May 2020 #14
Good luck lunatica May 2020 #9
ikr? just dont stop, and you must arrive. mopinko May 2020 #15
? lunatica May 2020 #16
oh no. did i? mopinko May 2020 #17
What does lunatica May 2020 #18
i know, right? mopinko May 2020 #19
LOL! lunatica May 2020 #21
lady, one of these days we have to meet in meat space. mopinko May 2020 #22
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