Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Blacker than black

I just finished painting all of the black areas with a mixture of Prussian blue and alizarin crimson. This mixture actually creates a color darker than any black pigment since the combination of the two semi-transparent colors absorb more light than any of the opaque black pigments available. Next I'll be working on the painting the secondary dark colors with earth pigments such as umbers and ocres and cobalt.

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