...playing with colour. I picked up a new Flame Red ink this week to use for the Abstract Mojo class I'm taking, and, of course, had to play with it a bit a lot to see who it's best friends were going to be.
I've long been a fan of Manganese Blue and Hansa Yellow together, given that they make the most luscious green. Turns out the addition of the Flame Red was a happy one, and I can see the three of them happily running off to the playground together pretty much every day for the next while.
The depth of the indigo instead of manganese made me think of the playground bully. A little goes a long, long way. 😉
I tried several combinations of Teal, turquoise, the red ink and hansa yellow, and found them somewhat subdued for my liking. It's clear I have a preference for very noisy play indeed.
Surprisingly, I had a good deal of fun with the smooshing of leftover paints, finding one or two interesting compositions and combinations with my handy-dandy view finder.
I did manage to get one lesson done in the Abstract Mojo course - an interesting one painting emotions (quickly or slowly/deliberately) to music. I did the frenzied style, and plan on doing the latter another time. It was an interesting exercise, as I found myself using colours and tones not normally in my painting vocabulary.
As always when painting, I found myself using leftovers for continued work on tags, and that's a good thing in my world.
Hope you've had a mouth-watering and colourful week. Do please let me know in the comments what you've been up to!
