Color testing

Pajam red

Pajam yellow, sand and Grounded sand

This week we are going to test the color of the pigment we processed. First, we needed to mix the medium for it so we used PVC added with water and mixed them with a mixer. After that, we prepared our pigment as well as some others to mixed with. They are Pajam yellow, sand and grounded sand. The pigment we processed is called Pajam red. We poured a jar of the PVC on a clean plate and put in the pigments we desire then mix them together, we are required to record what we used.

Mixing Pajam red with grounded sand

Result of the mix

My first attempt, was mixing Pajam red with grounded sand. Mixing the color takes some time as the mixture needs to be properly mixed without a trace of pigment. It gets kind of hard to mix  after a while due to the PVC. When ready, I applied it on a cut out piece of canvas, we are free to draw it how ever we like.

Spraying some water

Adding Pajam yellow

Mixing the  add on pigment

Very thick color

Result

On my second attempt, I went a bit overboard by adding water as well as adding the pigment pajam yellow into the mix. The mixture took even longer time, it became so thick and hard to mix, I would though the water to lighten it up but I was very wrong. The result produced a very thick slimy goo.

Pajam red + yellow

Pajam red + yellow + water

After that, I decided to clean up the color to make a new one. We had to clean up the color inside a bucket because the color is very strong and could taint everything it touches. We had to wash it within the bucket and throw the water outside on dirt and nowhere else. This time, I went simple by adding Pajam red and yellow  drawing the result then adding water to the mix. The mixture this time is lighter with the water however and it produced watery colors. Finally, we listed what we used in each canvas using a small sticker and left it to dry for next week.