peter town

Triangle and Circle

Not very scientific colour wheel and a basic triangle mix, I am not sure where this going and I am ready to make some mistakes, good ones, I hope.

Re-using an old art board, hence the bumpy surface. [Cat: NATURAL FORMS 000]

A messy job

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I cannot work without wearing gloves, no matter how careful I am I always end up covered in paint, so I wear these vinyl gloves, which in this case have turned themselves into an artwork.

The right hand. [Cat: 07 NATURAL FORMS 012]

The mixing starts

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Mixing the basic colours in various combinations to give me an idea of what combinations are available, here I am adding black in various degrees to the base colour.

Mixing on a glass surface makes cleaning up easier. [Cat: 07 NATURAL FORMS 001]

Paint trials

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It has taken a few weeks of experimentation to find a paint type that meets my requirements for these new abstracts. In the end I have chosen a water-based emulsion paint form Little Green.