I really enjoy mixing most colors I use from the primaries of yellow, rose and blue. There are several triads from which to pick. For this piece, I chose Cobalt Blue, Quinadridone Rose, and New Gamboge or Permanent Yellow Deep (both yellows are so similar, I don't know which one I used)
I also added sap green to the pigments for the leaves. I mixed and mixed and layered and layered until I had the effect I wanted. I wanted the lavenders and yellows to produce a wonderful glow. I also wanted the subtle greens to buffer the complementary colors.
The background was painted with mixtures of Winsor Blue, red shade, Sap Green, Permanent Yellow, Quinacridone Rose. I mixed up puddles of all the hues I wanted to use. I wet the background, waited a bit (for the paper to begin to dry) and painted in the colors with leaf shapes. I lifted out some shapes with a clean, almost dry brush to show light coming through.
After the background dried, I rewet some areas and dropped in more color, tilting the paper to let the colors run together.
I wanted the corner colors to be dark and dull.
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