Tomato #163

Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Orange, Cobalt Blue and Titanium White

Not your average tomato- I've yet to see this variety, but this second in the series focused on the Cobalt Blue. This was fun to do and was not difficult. To get the lights I used the lemon and cobalt mixed with white, more cobalt than lemon was in the mix to keep it from turning green. Some of that green is on the shadow side, but it is tempered with orange. When painting this I ended up with some really nice colors that could be ussed in foliage and ocean waters. The warm blue-gray cast shadow is a mix of all the colors. This was a very valuable exercise because of all the colors yielded in the mix used to paint this tomato. One note-Cobalt does not seem to have the strength of Ultramarine Blue or Prussian to create strong darks.

Painted September 2, 2010