Keeping track of progress on creative projects
It’s been quite awhile (literally years) since I’ve built a model. But a friend bought kits of the central components (plutonium core and explosive lens sphere) of a nuclear bomb.
I’m out of practice, and the glue we started working with was well past its prime. The result was a bit rough. Thankfully it’s a little easier to hide problems on a sphere that can be oriented so the gaps don’t show.
I was down to two Kuretake colors I hadn’t swatched yet, and I knew I wanted to use at least one of them for today’s ghost. I’m in love with Cobalt Violet, though Imperial Violet also looks like it has a lot of potential.
The big experiment this time around was on the background. The lighter squares were a single application of watered-down Purple, and the darker squares were two passes with the same mix. I have a vague ambition to start doing more monochromatic watercolor work, and this technique will be crucial to making that work.
