100 day challenge-ish

My current project is based on a YouTube video by Lisbeth Degn – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hSDipmKW8s

Lisbeth selects a colour palette from A Dictionary of Color Combinations – a collection originated by Sanzo Wada. Lisbeth then selects the closest matches from her boxes of Kuretake watercolours. She uses these, plus some mark-making and collage, working in a series.

I’ve now got that book, plus Volume 2 which has some larger colour sets and also some based on textiles and interior design. I was also able to get a combination set of all 100 Kuretake colours. My project “rules” have taken a while to settle in.

• Select a “target” colour from the Kuretake paints
• Find the best match to Sanzo Wada’s colours (159 in the first book, augmented to 171 in the second)
• Select a Sanzo Wada combination using the matched colour.
• For the additional colours in the combination, I use either a single Kuretake colour or a mix of 2.
• Use on 12 x 16 cm watercolour paper
• Goal is exploration and learning of materials and colour combinations, not finished work.

Work in progress.

Target colour Kuretake #30 Cadmium Red.
Matched to Sanzo Wada Spectrum Red.
Other colours in his combo are Grayish Lavender, Blue Violet, Seashell pink.
Mixes of paint were used to get something close.

I haven’t “formally” joined the 100dayproject, but I feel an affinity given timing and the coincidence of 100 colours.

Enough words. I’ve done 13 so far.