Friday, January 15, 2016

Thirty in Thirty Day 15 Fowers in Field II

I am so glad I have the reserves for blog posts. Life seems to creep in and the day has gone before you know it. This is the second of the yellow field and red flowers. The original that was cut up from here.
Used oils and cold wax on the paper and gouache.

Oils and Cold Wax on cutout collage

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Thirty in Thirty Day 14 Green Melody

Here is the green abstract. Green were mixed from Prussian Bue with Cadmium Yellow and Lemon Yellow graded down with white. See chart.  I did, in the end, add some more yellows to the mixes. The photo is a bit brighter  than the original... tried several times .. so it is with digital and monitors.

Oils on canvas covered cardboard
6 x 8"


Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Thirty in Thirty Day 13 Blue Melody

Painting or exercise, that is the question? I am trying out a split primary palette, warm and cool blues, reds and yellows.  Decided to make some color charts to see how these colors mix.

The top row of the color chart shows the master color top left and the mixes with the other primaries.
Then I made graduations with white of each mix.  This first chart the master color was Prussian blue a cool blue with a very strong tinting power, which overpowered the other colors or I used too much of it in the mix...

Decided to use the leftover paints for a some small abstracts one in with the blues and one with greens. Some of the reasons of the challenge is to learn new things and have fun doing it.

Oils on canvas covered cardboard
6 x 8 "

Prussian Blue Chart
Top L- R Prussian Blue
Mixes with Ultramirine/ Alizarin Crimson//Cadmuim Red
Cadmium Yellow/ Lemon Yellow