A blackberry is commonly a purple so deep that it appears almost black. Although it is possible to find a deep purple color sold in tubes at art and craft stores, it is better to mix the color, creating a complex violet that lightens to a grey/purple and darkens to a black. Colors that come straight from the tube often lack complexity, and when applied to the painting surface, they appear flat and uninteresting.
Instructions
1. Squeeze Mars Black, Thalo Blue and Alizarin Crimson paint onto your palette, near the edges.
2. With your paintbrush or palette knife, mix blue and crimson in the center of the palette to create a magenta/purple color. The exact proportions are variable, but this will require more crimson than blue.
3. Dip your palette knife or paintbrush in black. Add a small amount of black to the magenta/violet color in the center of your palette.
4. Continue to mix and adjust the proportions of paint as necessary. Do not add so much black that the blackberry appears only to be black, but do not leave such a high concentration of violet that the paint appears to be purple. Seek a mixture of the two.
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