Evening Star

[johncomic]

My thirty-eighth acrylic [and first acrylic of 2023] is a miniature [4 by 6], done in one sitting, that was inspired by two considerations:

1. I felt like doing some more work with the bold colours and simplified shapes of Paul Sérusier


2. limited palette: I wanted to see what I could do with the triad of turquoise, quinacridone magenta, and cadmium yellow light — the classic CMYK of printer ink. [Plus burnt umber to darken, and titanium white to lighten, which apparently can be permitted in a triad.] I was very pleased with the blues, purples and violets I got from these colours... the oranges maybe not quite what I hoped, but a step up from some other mixes I've used in the past.

[Plus, I have a certain fondness for nocturnals, for some reason.]



It's not brilliant by any means, but it was instructive and fun, so why not share it here...