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My Encore Excursions

  • Color of Food

    Recently I heard Sanjay Gupta MD talking about his book Keep Sharp Build a Better Brain at Any Age so I put a copy in my audible library and started to listen this week. Gupta narrates his book and in Chapter 7 ‘Food for Thought’ he mentions ‘color’ … the color of food. His statement […]

    MSRitzman

    January 27, 2022
    2022 Color
    Brain health, Color week, Fresh food color, Sanjay Gupta MD, watercolor practice
  • Sunlit Foliage

    When out on a trail a quick photo and a sketch are a great way to capture the scene and create a lasting memory. While the trail sketch allows the scene to be edited and put in perspective, final color tends to be a studio practice. In a recent class with Molly Hashimoto she shared […]

    MSRitzman

    January 23, 2022
    2022 Color
    color choices, Color week, Foliage sketch, Molly Hashimoto, nature journal, Trail sketching, watercolor practice
  • Ink part two

    Dipping into the history of ink has been somewhat disappointing in that there is not much history about the ‘color’ of writing ink. How did black, blue and red ink come to dominate the ink for handwriting today? The Egyptian and Chinese cultures invented ink simultaneously using charcoal or soot and animal fat hence black […]

    MSRitzman

    January 12, 2022
    2022 Color
    color choices, Color week, ink
  • Ink [ part one ]

    After 50 weeks of posting about color, I continue to be curious about color in the arts and will continue to explore for another year here. This week it’s ink part one! The curiosity about ink color started when I was setting up some tools for trying modern calligraphy and asked myself ‘how is ink […]

    MSRitzman

    January 8, 2022
    2022 Color, Sketching
    ball point pen, color choices, Color week, ink, Molly Hashimoto, nature journal, Winslowartcenter.com
  • What Color is Grandpa Green

    When a 19 year old tells you his truck color is ‘Grandpa Green’ what comes into my 60 something mind is dusty and slow! This is Color Week 50 and we are about to discover the color dubbed ‘Grandpa Green’. The process of coming up with color names can be surprisingly rigorous, involving color specialists, […]

    MSRitzman

    December 27, 2021
    Sketching
    Automotive colors, color choices, Color name, Color week
  • Winter Color Icon

    Cardinals do not migrate so you can spot them year-round. However, some find it easier to spot them in winter because of their color. Birdwatchingbuzz.com Red is an iconic color of Christmas and the Great Northern Cardinal is an iconic winter bird in many areas of the United States making this red bird the subject […]

    MSRitzman

    December 16, 2021
    Sketching
    Cadmium Scarlet, Christmas, color choices, Color week, Great Northern Cardinal, watercolor birds, Winter bird
  • Color Influence

    Recently I was chatting with a friend about this blog, posting every week about color. Here we are at Color Week 47. She was remembering that I had given her color cards and a book to help her monitor her moods… WHAT? That was probably 25 years ago, and she was in a stressful position […]

    MSRitzman

    December 5, 2021
    Sketching
    birth month color, color choices, color expert, Color week, colorstrology
  • Thanksgiving Colors

    Color Week 46 welcomes Thanksgiving. This past week I started an online class with Shari Blaukopf – Sketching Markets. As I have mentioned previously Shari has a way with color, making this class assigment a perfect homage to the colors on the Thanksgiving table. Enjoy the colors of your Thanksgiving celebration. Hansa Yellow. Sap Green. […]

    MSRitzman

    November 24, 2021
    Sketching
    color choices, Color week, Shari Blaukopf, Thanksgivong, watercolor practice
  • Rose Madder Genuine

    Color Week 45 is about a ‘Genuine’ color. After much research I have discovered that a color has the designation genuine when the ‘original’ recipe is used in production. That is the case with Rose Madder Genuine discussed in this post. Permanent is the designation when the recipe is reworked as in Rose Madder Permanent. […]

    MSRitzman

    November 15, 2021
    Sketching
    color choices, Color week, Rose Madder Genuine, watercolor practice, Winsor and Newton
  • Mixed Media Days

    To explore color in a different way I joined a mixed media class by Lucie Duclos. Lucie teaches virtual classes thru Winslow Art Center. She is an artist with a strong sense of design and she reuses or finds a use for every item you have collected or placed in your craft room ‘to use […]

    MSRitzman

    November 8, 2021
    Sketching
    color choices, Color week, Duclosdesign.com, Lucie Duclos, Mixed media, Winslowartcenter.com
  • Color Chart Therapy

    Color charts are so relaxing to create. They are typically in the colors you choose as the artist, they are used to plan a painting, or simply as gradation practice.

    MSRitzman

    November 3, 2021
    Sketching
    Color charts, color choices, Color week, Fundamentals of color
  • A Brush with Phthalo Blue

    In Color Week 42 we are exploring brushes and the color Phthalo Blue. There are so many brushes! There are real hair brushes like sable and camel, synthetic brushes, water brushes and specialty brushes such as bamboo and sumi brushes. everyone has a favorite brush, here we do a simple exploration of the options Round […]

    MSRitzman

    October 23, 2021
    Sketching
    color choices, Color week, watercolor practice
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