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Next on my list of colour triads to explore was Violet, Green and Orange. A tricky combination for me as you'll see from the video! Lots of twists and turns until I got the balance right. I found it difficult to be happy with using any of these colours in their prismatic state, hence lots of white and darker admixtures coming to the rescue! You can read more about where this sketch sits with others in this collection in my '4 Colour Harmony Triads' blog post here:

Some may say I'm a dreamer.....and maybe I am, but re-imagining is the artist's way. I've been busy with my wall of 'signposts', not only creating new sketches to add to it, but beyond the instinctive making-in-the-moment, also making notes about how each little new creation might show me a way forward.

Red, Yellow and Blue are intense primary colours and used altogether in their raw form are fairly overwhelming! But with the addition of plenty of white, more pastel shades are achieved that work beautifully together. The pure colours add a lively pop of colour. This sketch evolved from some leftover drawing pieces from my Portal Series and began with lots of bright colour.

Here's a little play around with a sketch that wanted to be a landscape to begin with, which I wrestled with as you'll see. This threw up an interesting observation for me about how I work. Often the first thing I see is a horizon line or other landscape element and only once I've registered that can I move past it and into the abstract. Enjoy!

A little time-out sketch! I love just seeing what shapes emerge and responding to what the image is telling me it needs next. I picked up Mars Black for the darks which I haven't used for a while (and never in a big painting) and the way it works with the magenta is something I think I might explore a bit more at some stage. Am still feeling drawn to capturing 'space'. I'm wondering if maybe this is becoming my eternal quest!

This painting was the first in my new 'Distillation Series'. I was exploring a new way of working and pushing my work towards greater abstraction, trying to make landscape references more subtle and challenging myself to find new ways of 'seeing'.