I painted several warps this last year and hope to paint more. It's time-consuming and mind-consuming. When I'm choosing colors and preparing to paint, I go to the color wheel and to my stock of dyes, then to my visual memories of nature's palette that I'm using for inspiration. The fact that the dyes have a mind of their own and mix and mingle sometimes quite differently than I thought adds to the fun. For this warp, I underdyed the warp chains a deep yellow, then painted on blue, which turned to green when it mixed with the yellow, and red, which I thought was going to turn orange. Well, it did have some orange overtones, but mostly stayed red. This first piece was crossed with yellow, the second with red.
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