[Rob Sullivan]

Sharon, you're so very diplomatic! I agree with you, wholeheartedly.

I hope my tone didn't seem like I was calling anyone out on this topic, because I wasn't. I've just seen recent posts here and elsewhere that eschew the use of cadmiums over an earth palette, and I kind of felt like cads are becoming "illicit," where I still find them useful in my work as well as teaching. Of course, I feel a little hypocritical, because I ask my students to lay off the phthalo green, as I feel it's a ridiculous color. Anyway, I usually only have 6 to 9 colors in my palette for just about everything, and in the process of simplification, I've cut my ties with a lot of tubed paint colors.