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Had a restless night so did a little bit more , not to much as the light was different so wasn’t sure about the colours until daylight. I’m trying to show how due to the inconsistency of the sheet metal these old car and trucks rusted at different rates in different parts of the car . The bit in starting to worry about is the wheels as I want to do spoked wheels can’t imagine it’s a easy job , still it all adds to the fun . I will make a list of the colours I’ve used , funny how you notice things I tend to use the side of the brush more than the tips makes great sweeps for adding colours.
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Nice idea re the white liner but the wheels will need to be rusty to fit the scene, what I might do is paint the wheel centre the rusty colours and the paint in the gaps between the spokes . I will have a test run on some old watercolour paper first to see how it works out , I will post the explanation and explain how I did it for interest sake .
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Thank you Sylvia and Alan for taking time to comment. I’m really enjoying doing this painting and experimenting with the different colours, bit of trepidation when it comes to doing the wheel but I’m sure the will look reasonable.
I honestly don’t think people realise how many colours there are in a simple rusty tin can and trying to replicate then is a real challenge.
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I decided to tackle the spoked wheels without practicing them before , I have photographed the steps for those interested in how I did it. List of colours use for the rust effects , Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Payne’s Grey, Alizarin Crimson other colours used are Sap Green, Cobalt Blue , Cerulean Blue Hue. Just the rear wheel and tidying up to do now before I get tempted to fiddle a bad habit of mine. 
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Well I’ve stopped before I fiddle with it anymore. I wanted to do this painting fir a couple of reasons one I wanted a painting of a old rusty car world look like as I’ve only painted cars with smaller amounts of rust. I known they look ok in photos but all those browns etc in watercolour had me thinking it could look like a brown blob. The other and more interesting reason was experimenting with all the colours that could and do appear on rusty metal this has been really interesting and I don’t think I’ve covered every possibility. It’s a vast subject when you think of all the different things that can rust and where they are stored etc . I have posted a photo of the painting without a mount and in a mount that is a little bit to small , I have enjoyed painting this and messing about with the colours.
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I love exploring textures, colours which is exac5ly what you have been doing Paul...it certainl6 isn't a brown blob. It actually has a kind of elegance to it.
Please sir...Can I make an observation..well. I will...have you ever thought of using a different mount or even no mount. . Personally I think that hard black mount sort of cages your painting., a thought .
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Agree it could do with a more generous mount, and preferably not black; but the painting itself is a kindly memorial to a car that will, with the best will in the world, never run again. I feel a sense of fellowship with it.....
Rust contains so many colours, as Paul says, especially when the light hits it - you get green, yellow, black, orange: a worthy study for any painter! Especially the watercolourist, with the freedom of wet-in-wet.