We spent the first few weeks in Fundamental Acrylics painting colour wheels and mixes. This week we had our first assignment -- a limited palette painting of a single object. I chose a jug that was my mother's. Well, it was from a set of family china that we (us five kids) pretty much broke in its entirety. According to the bottom of the dishes they were hand painted in Jamaica which seemed quite exotic though they were most probably delivered from Eaton's. I loved the bold colours -- blues and greens -- and black outlines.
We'll be painting the same object at least three times. The assignment this week was to use a limited palette of black, white and one or two other colours. No surprise that I chose complementary colours, ultramarine blue and burnt sienna. (Blue, always blue.) We painted on gessoed canvas stapled to a board -- a new technique for me that I really liked. We also used a medium called AGL for "Acrylic Glazing Liquid" which was also a revelation especially in blending colours together.
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