I've learned that grids don't show the true diversity of hues you can achieve from just two colours.
most of these are a variation on colour mixing swatches, demonstrated by Jane Blundell and Denise Soden.
some are just abstract doodles with pleasing results.
the last one is testing out my limited CMY gouache palette from Holbein.
be creative! have fun!
It feels like I'll be doing this for quite a few more hours 😂
This QOR watercolor has a special binder, I think called aquazol. I really love this set and swatched it some long time ago. On the last page the ultramarine pink is by M. Graham, and the Jaune Brilliant by Holbein.
They are so pretty to swatch but difficult to find a pen that lets them shine (or even read legibly sometimes)- in most pens there's little shading or they flatten out to a light grey. Many of the colors I had resigned to the art ink pile (as in, not usable for writing) but then I found this fine-tip glass dip pen from SeventyTwo on amazon and its revived my collection. Its fine enough where I can write journal entries in an A6 sized notebook, plus its gorgeous.
All swatches are done with a glass dip pen- either Komamono Lab's Fonte Pen w/ Glass Nib or the one I mentioned above. Bought through Australian shop Soe&Soe (ships to US but its not cheap). Paper is Wearingul A5 Swatch Paper, Midori MD (cream), & Kakimori B6 Twin notebook Don't dwell on how wonky my gramaphone is, I tried to draw it from memory, I know it sucks
this was just some creative exercise with no goal at all, no exspectations and i didnt think that the outcome was too good, but my psychiatrist, lol, yes, he said, i should sell these swatch art cards, so nice.. he calls my brushstrokes delicate and enchanting, and alone that is healing...
so i wanted to paint my cat, so i extracted the edges of a photograph of my kitty wit gemini ai, took my beloved shinhan mega palette and followed my flavour of the month, alizarin crimson and indigo with a little myosotis lol, put some pencils over them cs i got my first 7 caran d'ache lumanance pencils lol... totally in hamster mode... ... i just love such details, like an autist... lol... but me and my art supplies, just a never ending story. sometimes i just love talking about my stuff more than painting, but what i learned is that no matter how much you own, or how little, the time comes and you find use for any tool. any, even recycled food cans of your kitty.
this is btw my milo, who just went over the rainbow bridge... he is my muse. my heartbeat, my love. my babyyyy... i am a total noob, i ask ai which colors are in harmony, look up the color wheel after 8 years of minimalstic floral painting... sometimes it is luck, but this time.. it was somehow a certain kind of skill chain. i love this painting of my cat, it means a lot to me...
much love!