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  "description": "I got through the second blue chart today. All that's left is green. I'm not really sure what to say about this besides that.\n\nI guess I could talk about paint application. With the color charts, it's ideal to get as close to a perfect, homogeneous mix as possible. That's a lot harder to do with a brush - bits of different pigments get stuck in the bristles and sometimes mix unevenly. So at the advice of one of my favorite artists (Richard Schmid) when talking about color charts, I use a palette",
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  "textContent": "I got through the second blue chart today. All that's left is green. I'm not really sure what to say about this besides that.\n\nI guess I could talk about paint application. With the color charts, it's ideal to get as close to a perfect, homogeneous mix as possible. That's a lot harder to do with a brush - bits of different pigments get stuck in the bristles and sometimes mix unevenly. So at the advice of one of my favorite artists (Richard Schmid) when talking about color charts, I use a palette knife to mix and apply the colors. Applying paint with a palette knife is a somewhat awkward action - at least in comparison to using brush. It takes practice to use a palette knife well, so this is a two-birds-one-stone storta situation. I get to learn my colors a bit better and get better with a palette knife.\n\n-ZR",
  "title": "Color Charts Day 2",
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