I'm using the paint leftover from the goose experiments to put a 'ground' layer on this canvas.
Toned canvases are very popular where one puts a 'mid-tone' colour on the canvas before painting. This is supposed to help us see values (dark and lightness) easier when starting the painting.
I don't know if I like it much. Having started with watercolours, I find having a white background really easy to compare values against.
But it is worth experimenting with. As the other advantage is that if we miss a bit, it won't show up as much as it would if the canvas is white.
I'll do a couple of these until I use up the old paint, then put them to one side to dry.
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Color is one of my interests, so this concept of a mid-tone ground color is curious to me. It's the way two colors compare side by side that I wonder about, as adjacent colors influence how a color looks. But they're talking about comparing values, which is different than hue perception. Not being a painter, I can't envision the actual benefit in terms of color choices, but it definitely sounds like an interesting experiment.
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