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May 18, 2009

Emulsion paint and sub-Saharan Africa

Been looking into the inhabitants of the African Grasslands, for the French mural commission, seems we ate all the slow stuff, everything there runs at 50mph plus - I guess we couldn't catch them until we invented the 4x4 and the percussion cap.

Generally doodling on a ratio of 3:7:

savanna-1.jpg
first rough, ink and coffee on paper

savanna-2.jpg
second rough, ink and coffee on paper

dulux.jpg

apparently they have mix-it and match-it over there too, which will be helpful, though they're never pure colours so mixing two mixed colours is a gamble which usually comes out crap. [see: The Plasticene Effect - mix three or more colours in equal parts and the result will tend towards brown]

Posted by john at May 18, 2009 04:29 PM

Comments

Sod the wall - I like the ink and coffee version!

Posted by: Daphne at May 19, 2009 02:55 PM