This theme depicts art where dark is the predominant tone. The basic hues I used for darks are either the darkest hues applied thickly or, preferably, mixes of the darkest paints. Less often, I may use black pigments.
Paints most favoured | Relative use1 | Notes |
---|---|---|
PB15:1 - phthalocyanine blue (red shade) | frequently | Somehow replaced ultramarine blue in 2010 |
PB29 - ultramarine blue | rarely | More frequently in artworks prior to 2010 |
PBr7 - burnt umber | medium | Especially for skin colours |
PBr7 - raw umber | rarely | |
PV19 - permanent rose | frequently | |
PG7 / PG36 - phthalocyanine green | rarely | |
PBk31 - Perylene green | specific projects | Projects benefiting from a dark green. Late 2010 onwards. |
Payne's gray | specific projects | Late 2010 onwards. I may also use it to darken some colours, simply to finish off the paint left over. |
List of darks artworks
Artwork 099: Portrait of Chinese girl
Artwork 106: The guitarist
Artwork 157: Darks and white (I)
Artwork 158: Darks and white (II)
Artwork 159: Darks and white (III)
Artwork 163: Camouflaged
Artwork 168: Lampposts at night
Artwork 184: Tranzit colours
Artwork 185: Works end
Artwork 190: Māori tiles
Artwork 191-192: Tino Rangatiratanga spirit
Artwork 193: Māori warrior
Artwork 194: Moko
Artwork 195: Poi dance
Artwork 199: Hongi
Artwork 204: Aotearoatanga mourning flag
Artwork 208: AotearoaNewZealand
Artwork 209: New Zealand territories
Artwork 210: Self-portrait at a door
Artwork 217-218: Self-abstraction in blue
Artwork 219 - U.S.A.'s hollow flag
Artwork 221 - Swedish hollow flag
Artwork 223: Pirihimana
Artwork 224: Toature
Artwork 226: New Zealand republican flag (study 5)
Artwork 227: New Zealand republican flag (study 6)