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Originally Posted by Marcus Lim
This got me thinking - didn't i remember one of our Forum member sharing a tip, to use a grey paper underneath a glass sheet and it makes a great palette?
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Hi Marcus,
You are right that Carder's tool is a combination of many other in use, for instance using the palette knife to hold up with the mix to compare colors.
I use a glass palette with a middle value color underneath it and I also had a gray scale underneath for a while. Now I find it a great help to know if I am in the lighter or darker side by comparing with the middle value of the palette.
Using any method of measuring values is especially helpfull in the beginning of the painting process. Later on is it easy to compare to the already established values.
My question was not only meant to be about Carder's tool but any effective measuring "trick". Speak up folks
Ps. I made a small still life using Carder's tool, and took the measurements litterally, I was surprised how wide the value scale had to be.
I can't post it here because it's not portrait.