Course work: Rather than paint an extended color circle as suggested by the text, I elected to paint a second color circle using oil paints, on oil sketching paper ~40 x 50 cm. I found this somewhat easier than the one done in acrylics, although the three yellows remain differentiatable only in bright sunshine and it was necessary to thin the violet color substantially in order to obtain a color that is recognizably violet.
Reading and theoretical studies:
Stephanie D’Allesandro and John Elderfield Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2010
Pp. 270-299
Sketchbook work: In my pocket sketchbook, a scrap of ribbon lying on my wife’s workroom floor. I then had a try at it in my larger sketchbook, using acrylics: my intent had been to paint the form of the ribbon with a single stroke, but I think that I would need a flat rather than a bright to succeed at this. It is possible that I should have thinned my paint a bit more as well. However, even experiments that fail are worthwhile.
Time today: 2 hours 9 minutes
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