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Although he, as you say, puts 23-26 pigments on his palette, what I would like to know is which pigments he actually uses the most. Which colours form the base of his method of painting. My guess is that he probably uses 7 or 8 pigments to do 90% of a painting and uses other pigments for specials flavours in the colouring.
I personally like a limited palette best. I don't think someone like Rembrandt or Vermeer used more than 8 or 10 pigments or so. My guess is that Shanks doesn't use more pigments for the most part. The working method would be too difficult and complex to control.
Peter
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