Here is the original wall rubbing stuck into my sketchbook. I've added colour swatches created using pastel pencils, which I overlaid in layers and blended with my finger to achieve colour and tonal values I was happy with. There are also a couple of separate marks using some oil pastels, which I later discovered also had a good colour match. I used a printed photograph of the wall as a colour reference.
Each swatch is attached adjacent to the area of the rubbing relative to the building material present in the wall (ie brick, stone, stone and mortar) to which they apply. The swatch in the very top left relates to the lichens found on the wall - the pale blue is surrounded by a much lighter greyish-white, which isn't clear in the photograph. I was surprised just how many colours and tones there were within the wall and the lichens!
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