The main difference between this and all my older paintings is the inclusion of two important colors I never used before: Aureolin Yellow and Rose Madder Genuine. After recently reading A Watercolor Artist's Guide to Exceptional Color by Jan Hart, I learned that the yellow I had been using previously - Cadmium Yellow - was closer to a yellow-orange instead of a pure yellow, as Aureolin is. Therefore, my 'yellows' were always darker and redder. I also had never really had a true magenta, which I now have with Rose Madder Genuine. Adding these two colors has expanded my palette immensely and solved many of the color issues I was having before.
I also discovered that Rose Madder smells just like Froot Loops. I am completely serious.
LMAO!
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The queen Commissioned the addition of rose oil into the madder colour because the scent of the madder root was offensive to her :P
THUS rose madder.
It does smell fruit loopy though, i never thought it was as offensive as rose oil normally is to me XD
Random.
That painting is gorgeous :D
Really?! That's incredible! I never knew such a fact, but it makes complete sense! The scent of the Windsor and Newton rose madder genuine definitely is not a 'natural' paint smell (such as the sulfur in Ultramarine violet and some other colors), so I was wondering why it smelled so odd. Such a cool fact!
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