Not Just Black & White

(Starting in the center, then upper left from left to right)

1. Infinite Love ! / Amor Infinito !, 2. Shades of grey, 3. Not All In Life Is Black And White ~ Often Just Shades Of Grey !, 4. IMG_1978dw, 5. ~some shades of grey~, 6. Reach, 7. sheep against concrete, 8. Inishbofin Solitude, 9. Mother Nature: curv(y)linear and seductive, 10. Wintry Shades of Bluish Gray, 11. Blackfield, 12. ;), 13. eighteen.

So, my mind has been on all the myriad shades of gray in the color wheel, since I finally put in my order for the Copic markers that are now zooming their way to me. :o)  You see, Copic markers come in 312 different colors, including 48 various shades of gray. WOW!! I've ordered (within the many other colors) a total of 16 shades of gray, 8 cool gray and 8 warm gray. They also have neutral and toner gray. Within the color spectrum, cool gray has cool blue tones in it, neutral gray has has neither cool or warm tones, toner gray has a little bit of warm brown tones and warm gray has the most warm brown tones to it. I can't wait to play around with shading. 

When I went to do my mosaic the week for Tuesday's Mosaic with Artmind, I was still thinking of those markers. So, I started looking for shades of gray throughout Flickr. The left side is cool grays, the middle is neutral grays and toner grays and the right side is warm grays. I threw in the beautiful red rose center to remind myself that everything comes to life, even the shades of gray, with a little dramatic hit of color.

I hope everyone has a terrific upcoming week. I'll be back soon with some painting or other. Hehehe. We'll talk soon.

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