I did swatches of the reds and red-oranges in my collection arranged by chroma. I use the HLC (hue-luminance-chroma) system. More inside.
For the Maya, the Tree of Life represents the axis mundi, the stable world center. It constitutes a symbolic vertical lineâlike the line of balance on a spinning topâthat unites the three realms of underworld, earth, and heavens.
Time for an update on my watercolor paint management system. However you judge my paint skills, I’m at least organized.
Over time I’ve developed a systematic approach to maintaining my watercolors. I started with a pretty adequate set of paints, but as it turns out, I can’t resist…
I don’t always paint the same way, but I do have a photography-based process that I’ve developed that works for me. The most important part of this process…
What if this writing thing doesn’t work out?
A literary-themed crossword.
Color wheels are beautiful and fun. This one relates watercolor paints to idealized color points.
Bluff Head Preserve, Sedgwick, Maine. Ink and colors on paper, 9 x 12 in. Dec 2023 [image post].
Some thoughts about watercolor paints and processes.
Everyone understands that screens are not paper. So when our photo prints come back looking flat and muddy compared the vibrant image on our monitor, we are disappointed but not exactly shocked. Can this be prevented?
Our ancestors carved “hunger stones” as a warning about climate catastrophe. Will we heed their warning?
The Micro Four Thirds camera format still offers many attractions. In this post I look at five M43 lenses
The opening of Timothy Brooks’s The Confusions of Pleasure is a great one — even if it might not be true.
