What rhymes with orange?

Rorschach.  11 x 14 inches.
Watercolor on Yupo.

I think I'm going to try and paint around a color for while, and the color of the week would be: orange.  Perinone orange to be precise.  

This abstract is cobalt blue, quin gold, perinone orange, and carbazole violet.   On yupo.   

I took the photo with my phone, on my kitchen counter, where I've been painting a lot lately.  It's a nice space, high, with good light.  Not sure if it's done, which is always an issue with abstracts.  It is kind of busy.   I will think on it.

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Crash.  Watercolor and Crayon on Yupo.
Approximately 8.5 x 6

Untitled Saturday Abstract

Untitled.  Watercolor on Yupo.
10 x 6 inches.

Still Life On Yupo

Pears on Yupo.  Watercolor.
Just under 11 x 14 inches.

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Three Houses.  Watercolor on Yupo.
Approximately 11 x 14 inches.

Red Roof

Red Roof.  Watercolor on Yupo.
8 x 10 inches.

My second crack at Yupo.  In a promising turn of events, the painting started as a landscape and finished as a landscape. More disappointing, it was supposed to involve trees....

I really like the intensity of the color that stays on top of the paper, and love the texture you can bring out.

In this case, I have a whole conglomeration of colors involved, so I can't describe my palette.

I'm looking forward to trying to prepare these to hang--I think I can spray them with krylon and then mount them to a board/cradle which is promising if you've ever had to frame art....!  However, I do not own either krylon, the boards, or the paint to finish the sides of the cradle.  This may take me a minute.....

Trying Yupo. Or, Where I Produce Amoebas

Yupo I.  Watercolor on Yupo.
Smaller than 9 x 12 inches.

Several years ago, I was wandering on Michigan Avenue near the Bean in Chicago, waiting to meet a friend for lunch, and I wandered into Ultrecht.  I ended up buying a bunch of things (an artist in an art supply store?  come on, of course I'm going to spend money), one of which was a pad of Yupo paper. Yupo, in case you've never tried it, is synthetic watercolor paper.  It's diametrically opposed to regular watercolor paper, which in my case, is 100% cotton.

I tried it once.  It was really.....different.

Then, recently, I've been thinking about it.  I've seen some super interesting paintings done on Yupo, and I wanted to try again.  Voila!  Amoebas!  Actually, I lie, although I know I tend to be flip, I like the painting, and I really like the way the paint moved across the paper.  It takes a lot of paint though. A LOT. And, I'm having trouble controlling the movement and shapes, which I'm going to assume is a practice issue.  This started out as a landscape.  Truly.

Paper--Yupo.  Paint--Daniel Smith Indigo, Phtalo Blue RS, Nickel Azo Yellow, Quin Burnt Orange, and then a touch of Quin Red.