Today we looked at making two more ‘blacks’ - not as ‘black’ as last week due to the differing pigments and opacity used, but still very useful dark mixes. We mixed cadmium red with alizarin crimson / phthalo green; and we mixed prussian blue / phthalo blue with burnt sienna / burnt umber.
We then mixed a variety of greens using the following pigments: Cad. Yellow, Lemon yellow, Cer. Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo / Prussian Blue, Phthalo / viridian green, Yellow ochre and Raw sienna. We got a range of greens from bright lime greens to more subdued and mossy tones through to ochre greens. We then applied this to painting some spring themed greenery that we brought in.
Next week we will bring in our items again and work from them to explore the differing types of watercolour paper and the effects that can be achieved on them.
