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Back to my Scotland photos.

Hadn't planned to but now I think I may go back and add the water behind the bumpers.

Want to get back to my one a day practice: this week I will try to paint a photo I take on my bike ride. That'll get me on my bike every day too.

Winsor & Newton put out some throwback colors. And I bought them-- of course I did!

The 6 colors are in the left column: mineral gray, otswald gray, ultramarine ash, tyrian purple, cinnabar green, and Field's orange.

The orange has the wonderful property of quickly diffusing into water--it spreads beautifully. The purple and green are also vibrant and transparent.

The otswald gray is a lovely cool brown.

The last two colors are lovely but I would characterize them as weak: it's hard to get a good concentration--I painted these right out of the tube!

Also, the first 3 colors are all mixed of three different colors, something I try to avoid.