Some shots from last Monday’s installment of Nick and Derek’s Photo Walkabout:
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
U
May 30
13:18
F
Jan 01
23:44
So, vermillion red is one of those underused, unloved colors. Hell, I forgot I even had some left until some little whisper in the back of my head wisely reminded me I had been experimenting with it when I painted Boy Meets Girl, Girl Is Bitch.
It’s not my favorite color, for sure. And, given my love of all things contrasty and saturated, I tend to really prefer cad red. By comparison, vermillion is more pinky, more salmony.
But, in a work hinging so highly on monochromatic schemes as this, I think vermillion might’ve ended up being my better choice anyway, that subtly off nature seems to be at home here. Maybe it’s just me.
Oh! And I finally got some more canvas. Well, duck. OK, story time: