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Happy Primary July! 💛❤️💙

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I’m as excited as a cat who just heard a can opener clamping onto a tin of tuna!

Grab all your yellows, reds, and blues and get ready to fall in love with layering and mixing!

hot sauce illustration by Beth Spencer
I drew this in last year’s #3MaterialsChallenge with a Faber Castell marker, and two colored pencils.

Here are my parameters:

💛 No secondary-colored materials allowed. I’ll only use orange, green, purple, etc. if I’ve mixed them from primary colors.

❤️ Mix and/or layer in every drawing. That’s where the learning happens, specifically proportions in mixing!

💙 Draw from life, camera roll, or imagination. I’ve already broken that rule because I drew a fox from a wildlife field guide. Oops!

That’s what I’m doing, but make this challenge work for you.

If you make something and think “that could use a splash of turquoise. I have the perfect crayon for that,” go for it! It’s your practice.

month of primary colors

Tomorrow:

and I are painting together with primaries on Substack live on Wednesday at 10 am EST! Bring your favorite supplies, questions, and inspiration!

Add it to your calendar


Next week:

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