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Learned to type over 50 years ago on an ancient sit up and beg typewriter, Syd - as I spent most of my working life in one office or another, it stood me in good stead: especially when I had a secretary who couldn't type....... don't think I could reach much speed on an Ipad, though, so you're not doing badly.
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I do love you guys! Robert you are a wealth of knowledge as is our Syd. I have started the painting so you'll have to wait and see how it turns out, I'm carrying on with the watercolour. It's funny but when I have something in mind to do, I really have to have a go and when you gotta go you gotta go as they say!😛
Sylvia, I'm sure I will use up the black paper on something or other as I don't like wasting too much.
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I think I agree with Syd there - however Mars Violet/Caput Mortuum is made, I don't see it as a watercolour which would really set off your painting as you describe what you're wanting to do; it is indeed a reddish-brown colour, and in oil at least it has some quite peculiar characteristics - which are great to use, because there's a depth to it and it can be startlingly bright if you add white; but in watercolour I'd approach it with great caution and not use it in a large wash. Dioxazine Violet would be good - and there are others; or you could mix your own, in various ways; but if I could get the colour I wanted out of a tube, I'd go with that.
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There isn't a problem with painting dark backgrounds to watercolours, the question originally asked was about a black ground. Which - as Marialena, you suggest - is unlikely to be of use for watercolour painting unless it were mixed with body colour; and even then I'm not at all keen on trying it (especially after the consumer report above).
You might find Charles Wilby's work interesting, though - I know I mentioned him earlier in the thread. He applies a black Indian ink to his watercolour paper, and then paints over that in watercolour OR acrylic, perhaps even a mixture of both, with the watercolour used in the style of gouache (strictly speaking, it IS gouache, but not the sort you buy ready-made in a tube). He sometimes shows his work in the Gallery here, and can be found on Facebook. I'm not sure the technique would suit me, and anyway I know I'd spill the ink everywhere, but it works well for him.
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Thanks for your detailed reply, Marialena. Its always interesting to read the different technics other artists try.
The mention of oil pastel on a black background works well, I have found black card is a good choice if you venture into a bit of sgraffito, I painted a few Calla lilies in a friends garden using that method, the pastel move well with the use of paper stumps.
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