Color composition – Warm
Andrea Marques
Dublin, Ireland.
Note from the artist
I made this painting using the amazing Saibiboku ( The Inks of Color and Beauty) from Kobaien in Nara, Japan. I have made a collage with some coloured circles and the Kobaien set’s swatches a the bottom.
I used mostly Saibiboku, except for the super-black spots and vivid yellow ones. The blacks as well as gold bits and small ornaments are made with Posca markers.
Vivid yellow is a nickel azo gold, new watercolour shade by Roman Szmal. Saibiboku is made with Sumi ink, which results in more muted, darker colours – that is why I did not use it for the vivid yellows. As for the other colours, from Saibiboku, I can easily make them lighter by adding water, like some of the lilac bits.
It is a Kandinski-inspired composition, I should say. At least it reminds me of! It was great fun for this small piece to be completed, for there is a lot of details with the intersections and so on. As you can see, the Saibiboku’s shades are easily coordinated, and the palette is a joy to work with! Thanks for watching!
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