It's rained really hard the last few days, our yard is swimming in water. The robins have had a hay day plucking worms off the ground... and yet today, I saw this fellow with a piece of grass in his mouth and he collected a couple more before flying off, no doubt all this rain has played havoc on his nest. I think I used the wrong color for his red breast, it was more orange than this.
Okay, since you mentioned reds and oranges, here's a question from a painting newbie. I've been collecting a few more acrylics each time I go to Michael's, and I noticed right away that once you move from the crafters' section to the artists' section of paints there are way fewer pinks,reds, and purples. Is it pretty much the same as in glass, with those colors being made with more expensive and rarer pigments? or is it that I'm expected to already know how to achieve lots of pinks with a tube of red and a tube of white?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about acrylics, but in watercolors some reds are 'fugitive' and will fade over time. So most artists stick to the permanent reds, and usually choose a couple one red like alizarin crimson that leans toward blue and so will mix lovely violets and another like Scarlet Lake or Cadmium red that leans toward orange. Yellows also tend to be fugitive... the whole study of color and pigments can and does fill books. Check out this website... it has more info on color and pigments used in paints than any others... http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/ I do not buy paint from Michael's they are WAY over priced. Check out Dick Blick or Cheap Joe's both have excellent prices, great customer service and free shipping from time to time. Sign up for their newsletters and wait for the sales to stock up.
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