Tomato #173

Cadmium Lemon, Quinacridone Red, Prussian Blue and Titanium White.

This tomato seems much more muted when not under an Ott light. I tried to focus on the Prussian and what surprised me is the reddish-brown shadows that came out of this. I also put a lot more red in this than you see. The Prussian and yellow are the colors that advance-even though this tomato started out red and purple in an attempt to keep it from being too blue-I guess that worked. Everytime I do one of these I learn more about how each color reacts to another-and the more I learn that I have a lot to learn.

Painted September 15, 2010