"At this time I feel I need to define the center as this will become my focal point. I take lemon and white and continue to go over it in layers until almost all of the blue wavy lines are gone. I mix red and light yellow to make orange and start forming the outside of the center.
"I need to clean my brush quite a bit, and try to be careful when going over the blue areas with my oranges. I can get green and/or a muddy-looking color with the orange which I do not want. I know I will miss here and there but the little spots can always be gone over later.
"I move my brush with wide strokes and slight curves. I continue around the canvas in the blue areas, I add more Prussian Blue along with ultramarine blue to see what hue I like the best. I then add in some alizarin crimson and a touch of white for my purple. I see that I like the mix of the ultramarine blue and the crimson better for the purple than the Prussian blue. But I also like the Prussian blue for its darkness and will leave it in certain spots for now.
"I like the dark background with the colors coming up and out of it. I use more alizarin crimson and decide to add more lines with curves. I do the same with the white. The white mixes with the blue and gives the curves a bit of transparency along with lightening the colors. At the bottom of the painting I take a large round brush and dip it in a touch of white and dab or stipple to texture it to see how it will look. I like to add some texture here and there."
