​Sweet Notes, Bitter After Taste

Iced coffee, usually enjoyed sweetened,
is a representation of two industries started
by the Transatlantic Slave Trade thriving
in modern times, sugar and coffee.
People today are often aware of the dark
origins of both.

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Step 2:
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Step 3: 
Paint middle ground base colour
Begin painting middle ground details

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Step 4:
Evaluate undertones in middle and foreground
Determine appropriate background colour