Here is an image made with one of my preferred color sets.

I often find myself writing the obvious in these descriptions. At that point it is better to stop talking and let the pictures speak for themselves. A title like "blue and brown shades on a bumpy wavy surface" is useful if one is building an inventory of the art. But not too useful when the picture is right there.

There is no overarching story for this set. I ran out of planned posts and had nothing in the queue. I am excited about where this is headed, this theme clearly has a lot of potential. I am in a stage of experimentation and discovery. In this case my motivation was exactly to try blue / brown colors on a bumpy wavy surface.

So, please indulge these obvious compositional descriptions for the next couple of weeks, as that is all there is.

Bleeding

Hot colors

A flat version with yesterday's colors.

Here is the second batch of Wavy Random Patterns.

I tend to prepare several posts, often a week's worth, at a time. Then queue them up to post one a day. The last step is automatic. So, for me, it has been several days since the last post.

Here is one with a lot of colors.

I am still having fun with this theme. At this point, everything is experimental. There is no overarching story, just related one-off pieces. I am experimenting, building a notebook or catalog of experiments. Ideally someday, these are a part of a larger composition.

When one of these experiments show promise, I invest the time to add finishing touches to the image and post it here.

Two layers, blended. Hot and blood colors combined.

Similar to yesterday's post, but with heavier layers.

I am going to spend some time (de)constructing this image. I appreciate it when I see similar details on someone else's web page. I appreciate that the artist took the time to provide the details, and I enjoy the piece more. But that is me. I suspect other's might say "just show me something new", or that removing the mystery may decrease one's appreciation of a piece.

So, normally I try to just give a light touch on the construction details, and move on to the next thing. This week, I am experimental mode, so please indulge me.

2x zoom detail of yesterday's post.

Top layer "Blood".

Bottom layer "Hot Color".

Reversing the layers.

Compare this to the earlier image Wavy Random Patterns #12 that I selected to publish as the finish piece. I think having the subdued colors in the foreground works much better. It is a small improvement, over yesterday's single layer Wavy Random Patterns #15. There are more wrinkles and subtle highlights in the colors. But I think the top layer is still too dominant.

Setting the relative weights on how to blend is a design choice. The previous image is "equal" weight. Here the weight of the foreground layer is reduce by 50%. The result has a better balance.

I am not going to define "blend" or "50% over blending". There is a lot going on here. I do not have a simple dial to turn that goes from 0-100. Unquantified "less" and "more" is obvious. So this is "a somewhat lighter top layer that I am arbitrarily calling 50%".

Let's call this one 20% over blending.

Resuming posting. Continuing the same theme, with more palettes and more layer combinations. Here are two blue/gold/brown layers.

This one has more depth than Wavy Random Patterns #19, and I added a dark red/ light bule layer.

Detail of yesterday's image Wavy Random Patterns #20.

Single layer, with dark red / light blue colors.

Four layers

1 & 3 blue / gold / brown

2 & 4 dark red / light blue

Today's image has a color scheme similar to the images Wavy Random Patterns #11 to Wavy Random Patterns #18. Here, the bottom layer has depth, the top layer is flat.