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Author: Scott_Burkett, Contributing Editor
 | Wow, what a lovely mess I have now – hehehe.
When working outdoors, we don't usually have the luxury of extra "real-estate" on our palettes. I’ve already worked these color mixtures in my head, so I'll clean off the middle of my palette with a paper towel and some thinner. Since these mixtures were all thinned down to begin with, cleaning is a cinch. |
 | I then slice off a glob of white from one of my white piles, and add a small dab of my Cobalt Blue. Colors derived from cobalt are VERY strong – they have a high tinting strength. A little goes a long way! |
 | I mix this up with my palette knife. Notice that I didn't even use the entire touch of blue, just a corner of it!
This looks like a nice color for my sky. By the way, do you see those dark "spots" just above my new mixture? Beneath this paper is a wooden palette, with dried up crusty oil paint on it – the ridges of that old paint has teamed up with the thinner to wear down a few small holes in my paper palette. :) |
 | Yes, boys and girls, it is time to dip into my copal medium. I love this stuff. It will do nasty things to your insides if you ingest it, but boy I love that smell! A great replacement for sniffing model glue!
(editor insert here- hhhmmm, okay folks, remember Scott is a musician too and you know what they say! I'm kinda concerned now! hee hee heee ) NOTE: I'm kidding. DO NOT sniff this stuff. It isn't good for you. It won't get you high – I know, I’ve tried! :) (editor note- hhmm....his musician side just realized he's speaking to artists!) 8^) I dip the end of my palette knife into my cup of copal medium. |
 | You don't really need a lot – note how little is on the end of my knife. |
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