Tomato #162

Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Orange, Cobalt Blue and Titanium White

The first of this series shows how Cadmium Orange can dominate. I used a lot of Cobalt Blue on the shadow side of the tomato and unless it is used full strength, mixing with the orange takes it to a soft brown. I haven't used Cobalt Blue enough to know it's strength but in this exercise it becomes a muting factor. I used a fair amount of Cadmium Lemon in the light areas always with white, which cools it some. The background is a mixture of all colors with white which makes a very warm gray. The cast shadow has all colors too with a blue overlay hoping to cool it, but I'm not sure that the blue didn't actually warm it.

Painted September 1, 2010