ah look.... i mean.... black is awesome... has a place... and certainly is great... but sometimes if you are using "black" add a tad of ultramarine, deep red, burnt umber and a gorgeous phtalo green in at the same time. even doing that can help. Just depends on what you are doing. certainly for shadows i like to use a mix of colours... I know plenty of very professional artists that DO use it thought.

Yeah im just tryhing to keep my hand in and painting little paintings like this im not afraid of "spoiling a big one ive been working on for months" because im not quite in the mood. its amazing how "unafraid" of the the painting you are when you are just doing something small.

Anyway happy creating!!!
BLINGIT