Not much progress in the last two weeks. Exhibition and grades take up a lot of my time. This Friday is the start of spring break. Yeehaa!Black Iris is still in the under painting stage. The whites are Golden Iridescent Pearl and Micaceous Iron Oxide and Bone Black for the darks. Glazing liquid keeps the color workable - I LOVE glazing. The blue and violet so far are just one thin layer of glaze with the under painting showing through.
Glazing is like layering sheer, slippery colors on top of each other and yet still letting the other colors show through. The
depth and vibrancy that the colors create together could never be achieved alone. Although the color layers harden on the top, one can still scrub or agitate the surface a bit to get to some beautiful layers beneath. You find all kinds of surprises under the layersThe plan is for this beauty to be a very dark, blue black and velvety
image in a sea of yellow orange. At some point I need to look up the actual name of this Iris. The real name will be the title.
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