[Aquanet] orphans in the palette

[miriam]

What an interesting thread.
Those two blues are indispensable in my palette.
I use both in my portraits.

The cerulean is great for getting flesh tones in the shadow areas
and I also use it in the shadows of blond hair.

I also keep a container of home made "black" that is made with 
pthalo green, winsor red, sepia and cerulean blue. The cerulean gives
this black its opacity. I think I got this recipe from Judy Morris in a Northern light book.

Cobalt blue makes beautiful grays when mixed with burnt sienna.
Also great for shadows because of the transparency. When I mix ultramarine with burnt siena the mixture turns more brown---like a burnt umber. when I use cerulean mixed with burnt sienna the mixture looks greenish. So I have found nothing that replaces the cobalt to make the atmospheric grays.

 
  




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From: Carol Wickenhiser-Schaudt <watercolorist at schaudt.us>
To: aquanet-list <aquanet at cleverwhiz.com>
Sent: Sat, November 7, 2009 10:38:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Aquanet] orphans in the palette


You must admit, the DS Indanthrone Blue is a must if you're going to
paint blue jeans. ;  )

Carol 

At 09:24 AM 11/7/2009, Lorraine P. Dietrich wrote:

Hi Pat and
>Annette, 
> 
>I like cobalt blue very much, soft, good mixes. I
>think cobalt is a must in a WC palette.
>>I also like Blue Apatite from Daniel Smith, grainy blue-grey, more
>transparent than Bleu Idanthrène (got rid of it ). 
> 
>Last year, I made a huge clean-up of my palette, got
>rid of some colors I had but almost never used. added some new, I am very
>glad about that because now, my palette is more efficient and more "
>ME ". 
> 
>I prefer Mauve permanent from Da Vinci, it's more
>permanent. 
> 
>Vive l'Aquarelle,
> 
>Lorraine P. DIETRICH, IAF,
>NEWS


      
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