20240917 Practicing Swipes on a bit Dark and Unusual Color Palette, a bit Strange, but also Graceful

Hi!

This is a small test canvas. It's a bit dark.
And I was quite looking for composition...
Sometimes I get so stuck on certain ideas and I want to work it all out in my head (and I make sketches).
But sometimes it's also good to let go and see where intuition takes me.
And to take some time to practice the movements of the swipes and see what variations I can make with other effects.
It was another fun exercise, and the colors are a bit unusual!
There is something strange about it, but also something graceful!

I finally have a week of vacation,
so I hope there are some beautiful things to come!

Have a nice day!

Love


How I make my BASE:

Talens Art Creation Titanium White and Owatrol floetrol (1:3 minimal water added). I do this in portions (cups) of 35 grams of Titanium White and 105 grams of Owatrol, and usually add 5 grams of water. I make larger stocks of this, and always try to let it rest for at least 2 days so that it has fewer air bubbles

The COLORS I used:

TLP Zeus
TLP Honeycomb
Golden QNAG
Golden Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Golden Nickel Azo Yellow
Golden Turquoise (Phthalo)
Eye Candy Pigments Macaw Blue Green
Eye Candy Pigments Kabuki (colorshift)
Amsterdam Oxide Black

I MIX MY COLORS also with Owatrol floetrol. Ratio depends on the pigmentation and thickness of the paint, also a very small amount of water added for consistency, but slightly thinner than the base.

I first wet my PIGMENTS with a little JoSonja varnish until I have a paste. Then I add a small scoop of binder (Caparol). I also use Owatrol as PM with the pigments and that is not paint. It therefore lacks the binding. And I personally don't like it when colors become 'runny'. So that's how I solve it. Then I also add Owatrol floetrol to this, I do that by eye, in the same consistency as the other colours.

I make my CELL ACTIVATOR with acrylic paint and Australian floetrol (1:2). I used Amsterdam Oxide Black here. For the Gold cell activator I mix two different types of Gold. I use Golden Bright Gold and Amsterdam Deep Gold (1:3 approximately). Because Amsterdam works well, and Golden to make the color more beautiful!