Duplex

 The acrylic palette here includes 

Pemco primary magenta

Grumbacher Hyplar cadmium barium yellow

Grumbacher Hyplar Cadmium barium read deep

Rhiotec titanium white

Liquitex ultramarine blue

Riotech burnt umber

Honestly the student grade just doesn’t cut it except maybe for under painting. This pallet is something I used at home, as opposed to in my kit. I need quantity and quality at home. Jars or squeeze bottles? Also  the old pants go a bit gummy and have a questionable toxicity.

I was aiming to make the translucency of the plate part of the story here.

The Bachelor

 The apples keep getting better. The video is terrible-I’m too busy painting! The series would have been four but I would like to keep going. Student grade acrylic works well as a ground if cut 1/4 into gesso. I picked up a quantity on sale not really knowing how I would use it. At first I thought them useless as they are shiny and transparent. The Bachelor was made with regular heavy body acrylics whereas triplex was Golden Open acrylic, which are both transparent and precious feeling. Small tubes, perhaps?

Triplex

 How do you like these apples? This one is done at home using two lamps. The plate colours are dark and intense. I like where this is going, and aim to make a set of four with dwelling related titles. The 6x6 format is great for my skill development.

Acrylic Apples: Quarters

 What a difference light makes. Today I’m working without lamps and a bay window at my back, with barely enough overcast daylight to get shadow, highlight and reflection. My regular acrylic palette has  burnt umber, phthalo blue, alizarin, cad red, Arylide yellow medium, pale lemon and Titanium white.

Compare these two-such a small adjustment stroke to the background made such a difference in spatial dimension.