We spent all of last class pre-mixing value scales for our color study. A whole 3 hours. My instructor was very adamant about getting correct value and temperature and arranging them comprehensively on a palette (I don't think I've ever wiped down my palette so many times before beginning to paint). I've been taught to pre-mix before, but never quite to this extent. It seemed a bit ridiculous to spend THAT much time setting up a palette.
However, when I finally began my color study today, I realized how much easier painting became. Having these neat blobs of paint arranged by value ready to go freed me up to to focus on just the act of painting and gave me one less thing to think about. It's far from perfect, but I don't think I've ever knocked out a color study this quickly before.
And... my instructor's quick color study demo:
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