First I went to the Copy Shop and got printouts of all the possibilities to check out my decisions, and then to Boesner's. It meant difficult decisions about which colours to get. The "hand painted" colour charts are a long way off from the reality of putting the colour on canvas. I bought great colours, I hope, from looking at the paint itself: unscrewing the tops and even putting tiny bits on a piece of paper. The result on my fingertips made me choose for one, Cadmium Green Deep whereas I had rejected it from the printed chart. It has made such a difference to me not having the paints that I'm used to working with. The experience of having to search and make the colours happen has been very intense. Finally, I spent another small fortune of two hundred and forty euros. Now I really am going to try not to buy any more paint and just use what I've got.
