BEFORE THE FIRST STROKE
Squint, count the values,
mix the piles.
Load your reference. Cut it into three to six value masses. Get one pile per mass from a short palette chosen out of 33 paints, each checked so it stays inside its value.
01
Your reference
Choose a photo, drop one here, or paste it. It stays on this device. The example is the farm study from Mixing Room.
Drop a photo here
02
Cut it into values
The cuts start where the picture's own values cluster. Drag a cut to move it.
black 0≈ Munsell value10 white
03
Squeeze out
Enough of every pile to cover the canvas once, shared by each mass's area in the reference.
Nothing planned yet.