{"id":302,"date":"2026-06-06T08:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfrancismccarthy.art\/?p=302"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:38:48","slug":"tutukaka-dawn-5x10-live-painting-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfrancismccarthy.art\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Tutukaka Dawn 5&#215;10 &#8211; Live Painting Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tutukaka Dawn A 5x10 - LIVE Painting Session!\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t6XYo4jhulo?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transcript and Key Insights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is basically a sky painting. The hills in the middle distance are from Tutukaka over there, so that\u2019ll add some interest for those folks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re gonna do the drawing today and then I\u2019ll come back tomorrow and do the rest. We\u2019re using HDF hardboard primed with three coats of house paint, and we\u2019re doing our underpainting color with some Burnt Number, looks like it\u2019s got a little bit of Mars black in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Concept<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was gonna do this as a 7 by 14, but this is a 5 by 10. I thought, you know what, this will be fine. It allows the gallery to have a little more affordable painting. I feel like that\u2019s where the sales are right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I went out and did some videography\u2014there\u2019s a little stream here. I have a babbling brook, but it\u2019s only a minute or two. You could certainly loop it though. This is the big thing I get\u2014some of the grits in here come in handy. That\u2019s been composited for a month or so, maybe longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drawing the Composition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I normally wouldn\u2019t use the three for something like this because I\u2019ve been babying it, but I got other brushes. I\u2019m accentuating the dip there. Otherwise it\u2019ll be too stagnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never hesitate, even if it\u2019s a real place, never hesitate to change things. Having that one solid band across\u2014that\u2019s not good. A lot of times, like if it was more foliage, I probably would have used the burnt sienna instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We got these long diagonals, and we\u2019re gonna need to vary things. We don\u2019t want to be too consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Sky Reference<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is what you saw me do\u2014I made it very light. What\u2019s cool is I was there when the sun was coming right over the spot where I have it here. So I know I\u2019m good. I know it\u2019s gonna just as easily on another morning bend the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building the Drawing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s not brilliant. I want some control. The big issue with the reference is there\u2019s one giant mass here that\u2019s gonna need to be broken up. We\u2019re not gonna worry about that today. Today we\u2019re gonna do the drawing and then I\u2019ll come back tomorrow and do the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Color Mixing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, what\u2019s going on here? That\u2019s the old blue. I don\u2019t want to take the new blue. There\u2019s plenty of blue in this. We\u2019re going to add some gray and titanium white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Titanium white, titanium buff, cad yellow, yellow ochre, mars yellow, raw umber, mites green. That\u2019s acrylite yellow mixed with ivory black. Cadmium orange, cadmium red hue, cadmium red, that is burnt sienna, that is rose madder, deep burnt umber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s permanent green light. Diox purple\u2014could happen, could happen. Don\u2019t see a lot of purple, but we might even bring some in blue, I don\u2019t know. Prussian blue. Ivory black, mites gray. That\u2019s ivory black mixed with a cheaper titanium white. It\u2019s been adulterated with zinc, unlike this one, which is pure and bleached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you know that? Titanium white, when it\u2019s not bleached, is this color. And that\u2019s mars black. Not gonna be used in this painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Palette Strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of times I\u2019ll wait to get into the buff because it does have a tint to it, and things can get away from you. I got a skin on the titanium white. Ivory black with a skin. It doesn\u2019t get used as frequently as it used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like having a slight amount of rose madder in there from when we made our underpainting color yesterday. I put a little bit of rose madder. I\u2019ll remember that. Will I remember 20 years from now? I don\u2019t need to, because I got it in the video. That\u2019s great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I start off with things too far apart, by the time we get over here, we\u2019ll be out of space. Even if you don\u2019t see it in the reference, it\u2019s always a good idea to have cool gray. That would be awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Color Mixing Technique<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was gonna bring in some yellow, but I think instead I\u2019ll bring in the Mars yellow because it doesn\u2019t have as big a tendency to go green. A big bunch of\u2014that color\u2019s right on the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is it enough? Did you do enough? Just working on it. Some sort of almost skin going there. That\u2019s nice. Nice little progression of grays. Getting into some yellows. Now they\u2019re orangey a little bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know, you start messing around, we\u2019re gonna get some greenishness. You can counteract that with a little bit of the Cad Orange. That\u2019ll do it. We could have also gone with the Mars. See if that looks like it\u2019s too screaming. We\u2019ll just tamp that down with the raw umber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How powerful is that? Still a little strident. Let\u2019s try the little burnt umber. Yes. Nice. I kind of lost that little taint of the orange, which I think is nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want chroma, but I want it in proportion to the painting. This is the place where painters starting out struggle. They go, \u201cOh, I want the chroma.\u201d But they\u2019re not tamping it down sufficiently. That\u2019s why I think these color mixing sessions are valuable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is some brighter yellow, and this is gonna green up big time. It\u2019s okay. I\u2019ll grab some of that with this more chromatic color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finishing the Palette<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I haven\u2019t used the wrong knife. I\u2019m so sorry. I won\u2019t stop. I\u2019ve been trained by the viewership, which is good. That\u2019s pretty much everything we gotta do. There\u2019s other grays, there\u2019s white. Might be nice to do the white. Maybe, okay, you talk me into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s not tons of other colors that need to be mixed. This is a sky painting. Sky and water. There\u2019s probably enough bits of this and that on the palette. That\u2019s good. Of course we\u2019re going to modify that as we paint, which is going to start now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starting to Paint<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I might get this painting done this morning. Alright, is this a non-grid version? Yes, good. I was thinking six, but it\u2019s a bit large for some of. I got these eights. I got a ton of these. I got two because I ordered a bunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at the jump in size between their four and their six. That is a lot. I think the taper on that is gonna be where I wanna go. I got, like, six number eights. I wanted to use an eight. I left at home, and then I double ordered when I went home, not realizing they were on the table in the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a treckle. It\u2019s a hogs bristle filbert. It\u2019s gonna be lovely. I do like a little looser spread. The treckle\u2019s a bit more like that, where the DOS is a bit more like that. That\u2019s what you want. We want it loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Painting the Sky<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s pretty good. That looks nice. I don\u2019t want to go too thin. That\u2019s actually a bit darker in the reference, but I think it\u2019s dark enough. I\u2019m gonna add a little more gray here. Maybe I went too far. Just wanted it a little different. That sort of move\u2014that\u2019s why I like the DOS. I like the DOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This down here changes quite a lot. I was thinking of the yellow ochre, but then I thought about all that green it\u2019s gonna do, and that\u2019s okay in a typical kind of sky. I\u2019m gonna probably lighten that up. That\u2019s kind of nice. It\u2019s pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s greenifying. Don\u2019t question your painter of residence. I minimized that shape. It\u2019s actually pretty good. And then even lighter here. That\u2019s nice, kind of fresh. Like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, blue in the water. You\u2019re saying, \u201cWhat about that?\u201d Like, cause you said you wanted to. Yeah, I did. No, I don\u2019t think we get away too light. Also, we\u2019re gonna wanna dull it up a bit. There we go. I\u2019m seeing some here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue is in, in mostly. You see that little raggedness there? That\u2019s why these are good for skies. Might not be as great for other things. You can make them work, though. In fact, as they get broken, they work quite well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Complementary Colors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re gonna actually reset this with some complementary color science. That kinda looks green, but that\u2019s okay. It\u2019s okay if it\u2019s a little bit bluish. This is the sky. It\u2019s not bad. It\u2019s a definite hum of brownishness in there, which I might resist if it was actually a dramatic sky in a tree scene because I\u2019d be duking it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s nice. I\u2019m gonna try and keep things from being too calumny. Not calumny. I\u2019m always saying that. I\u2019m in row\u2014too row-y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want the gray up there. So I just want to get a little bit of this in. We\u2019ll get back into that tone. Wiping off our brush pretty good. Okay, now the cool gray. Which is just plain old everyday mics gray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe it\u2019s a little dark. I think it\u2019s always good. Like in the reference you see a little bit of cool grays. I\u2019ll play that up a little bit more. I don\u2019t really want it quite that light. But hidden in the brush you can see there\u2019s secret blue, which is good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building Warmth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You wouldn\u2019t know it but most of this is going to come off as being very warm. And very much like my painting I did a couple weeks back with the blue-orange. This is blue-yellow and orange-ish yellow. Kind of that same dynamic. It\u2019s dramatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You remember this color now. It\u2019s lovely. Start with a little darker version. Week burn number. I constantly have to help it along, but you know the tube\u2019s going. I use a lot of burn number so we\u2019ll work our way through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought that was going to be darker. I want that much darker. I\u2019m going to sneak in the black there. We went and contaminated that pretty good. Back to the palette. That orange was a good move. That was good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sky Composition Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reference\u2014probably someone\u2019s award-winning photo. Sky got tapped in. I don\u2019t worry about it too much because I\u2019m just using it with a serious amount of artistic license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s going to be a light color and I don\u2019t want to get too crazy. This is also going to be lighter. But I\u2019ve learned it\u2019s good with these areas where you\u2019ve got light coming over something like that blue. That\u2019s going to be a big value shift. You want to temper it a bit. I think we\u2019ll do that here too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah, I\u2019m really glad I picked this\u2014the sixth. The sixth I envisioned. I was thinking it was too big, but it\u2019s doing a good job. The four could have worked as well. It would have been more effort. Probably not a better result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s nice. Reset. This color is pretty good. Again, I think we\u2019ll sneak in some more orange, get some chroma in there. Maybe even you can back it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now before I had orange in my palette, I had burnt sienna. I mixed burnt sienna with yellow and get a very beautiful orange. So don\u2019t sleep on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going a little lighter there. Let\u2019s shift too. Okay. Shift into some little more pinkish reddish. That\u2019s a look bud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjusting Values<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does that seem right? I actually want to gray it. Because they\u2019re kind of like some of these. Overall, when I look in the camera, the sky definitely seems very dark. So we can definitely improve that. Even more gray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We picked up that blue. Oh. Not the end of the world, but. So here we\u2019re wiping off our brush. Just going to deal with these edges real quick with no real pigment. Nice. Okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I intended for that to be lighter, but we\u2019ll start with that. We might be getting to a good point. It\u2019s time to change brushes, frankly. The big brush is great. You know, stick with it as long as you can. But make your move when it\u2019s time to make your move. And that will be now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the same sort of loose feel as the six. This is a four. You got a bit much oil in that. You might want to move into the lighter color there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy with that. Happy with that. There\u2019s a ton of little fancy stuff going on down there. Generally, maybe if it was a bigger painting I might go after it. But down in here, we\u2019re going to keep it simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Horizon Challenge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would say an area where I still feel challenged in my painting\u2014the bottom of the horizon, the little skinny clouds. It\u2019s always a bit of a challenge. Things get really dark there, but it\u2019s feeling pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was thinking I was going to have a lot more chroma there, but reddish amber-y. That\u2019s somewhat better. Now, you see that? You gotta get them. Don\u2019t leave it. It will wreak havoc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fine-Tuning Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actually, we might just stop right there. Yeah, we\u2019ll finish this after lunch. We\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here we go. Now, that\u2019s pretty good. Not too contaminated. I\u2019ll warn you, it\u2019s going to seem pretty bright. Well, I don\u2019t know if that was a good idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could be brighter, but I think this should be nice. We\u2019ll deal with that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So many things you can do with these brushes that are just perfect for skies. With that looseness that could be a real drawback otherwise. Looking good in this house again, that\u2019s soft. Perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to the blue. I don\u2019t know if I need to do a lot up there. I think that\u2019s probably good. Now the dark bits kind of look at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This too could use a little relief, I think. That\u2019s me trying to break out of roll mode. Oh, that\u2019s breaking that up a little. That\u2019s nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s it. I\u2019ll probably do it. I don\u2019t want to get carried away I think. This is pretty successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Darks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re going to go in with our darks now. Oh, another thing. That needs to be a whole one color too. I think I got enough of it right here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alright, I\u2019m happy with that. We\u2019re just going to leave that. Now that\u2019s good. That\u2019s good. Oh, except I see a big problem. And it\u2019s in the reference too. You know, I copied it right over like I\u2019m always telling you not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One, two. One, two. So we\u2019re going to need to break that up a little. I think the solution is extend it. So they\u2019re not like that. So they\u2019re not like the same size. That\u2019s helping. That\u2019s helping. Also, we\u2019re going to diminish the other one a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can find a pigment. Yep. Yeah, that needs to be actually stronger. That orange was a nice idea. At this point too, I tend to look a lot on the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m messing things up. Certainly messing things up. That\u2019s always a sign my fans. It\u2019s a sign. Okay. Now I think this could do the job with the darks. That\u2019s my drawing brush from yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dark Pigment Strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll pause this and I\u2019ll be right back. I think I\u2019m going to do that first. Wipe the paint off my finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right. Now, thinking about this. The color there is nice, but I\u2019m thinking I want to top it up before I even start. There we go. Remember, I can top it, but I can get there without. Then it\u2019s going to dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I got all that raw umber. I can get there with the raw umber if I need that sort of tone. In fact, I can mix raw umber with this burnt sienna I just put down. And that\u2019s because I got all that Mars in there\u2014Mars black. There is Mars red. There is a bunch of Mars colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really want us to put on this. It\u2019s not redding up. Now you\u2019re going to find out why is that on your palette but I never see you use it. Because I want to make something redder. That\u2019s my magic bullet. That\u2019s what I was trying to do. Get that burnt sienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cleaned it yesterday. I\u2019m lucky because I didn\u2019t actually soap clean it. I just oil cleaned it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These glasses are pretty nice for painting. This is nothing though. Because you get that kind of cupping thing with the Robert Simmons. By the way, they aren\u2019t cheap. They\u2019re not cheap. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re cheaper than the Silver Grand Prix anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve got to get that more umber feeling across, but I can\u2019t do it without some opacity. There\u2019s our burnt umber tone. Mostly it\u2019s going to be dark, but I\u2019m going to put some of this in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nice. That is nice. I want more of that umber-y feeling. This is my dark brush. Did you know that? That\u2019s kind of a precursor to the dark. It\u2019s going to be a lot darker. Heck, a lot darker. But I wanted that in there. And we can do because we\u2019ve got quite a lot of opacity in here too. There\u2019s a decent amount of paint there. We can just put some notes on top if you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now we\u2019re just going to go wipe our brush off and jump right into the dark darks. See what I mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Value of Dark Richness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, you know, a lesser experienced painter might think, \u201cOh, it\u2019s just dark. I\u2019m just going to get black. Done!\u201d But now it\u2019s an opportunity to bring in some more richness. We need every opportunity we can to make and engage in painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I chose not to do much modulation. It\u2019s modulating is what I did. Nice. Over there in the little dark area. Oh, this kind of thing too. It would be very difficult to do with the ivory black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mars black gives me that ability to come up with some opacity. It\u2019s got a little less too much with it. I\u2019m happy with that. It\u2019s a little random, but it\u2019s a variated, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Touches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s go ahead and get our T-square out. Nice. We\u2019re not that far from done. This one went a bit thinner. I could have wondered maybe why I didn\u2019t put these darks in first. But I just saw an opportunity with the sky color. My brushes are kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s not brilliant. I don\u2019t want to get too carried away with this blue color. We already did a lot. A little bit greenish. I hope this brush does a good job. It might be too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some tricky stuff. It\u2019s not smaller. So as we come here, I kind of want to go more almost blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want that to read like a grey. It\u2019s almost a long color to light. It\u2019s still too light. Holy cow. I kind of like that board color. I think we could get there just with a bunch of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah, I think that\u2019s pretty good. Maybe a little too much blue here. And it might be good to get some orangier. A little bit of orangier. There\u2019s a few notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do want a few more darks in there. Oh, that\u2019s my two. I was thinking of a three. Doesn\u2019t need to be like really thick. Just.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can get by without the burn over. I have trouble getting by without the mars black. It\u2019s my opaque fire. Even though I\u2019m doing this gray. It\u2019s darker now than it was before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you consider the original reference images, it\u2019s all completely dark. Not as dark as those mountains or hills or peninsula in the back. Whatever you want to call it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Finish<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just one last thing I want to do. I knew it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something needed to happen and then something did happen. Red. Beauty. That really makes it. Love it. I\u2019m done. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, I do see one thing. I don\u2019t want to paint. I want to soften this. Oh, that\u2019s too soft. Thanks for joining me. 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