Showing posts with label skies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skies. Show all posts

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Day 49 - Tom again



Tom hiding

This time he's  in the clean sheets. He does love to hide in anything fabric or a bag or a small space.  Can a cat be right handed? He's fond of sticking his right foot out.  All those white sheets...shading done with cerulean and yellow ochre, cobalt and sienna.  Once againTom was done with a wash of a light buff yellow, then sienna, piemonite and burnt umber.  I think this one should be called practice practice practice...because it really does make perfect.

Sunday on River Bend

Painted with cobalt and cerulean blue for the sky color.  The rest is done with the Primateks.  Really enjoy the way they granulate...alot of fun in both the clouds and the trees.

Instead of a wet wash for the sky I painted the sky color first to define the shapes of the clouds...Then I added a wet wash for the trees and the water.  I also tried to time painting this painting..as in I quit after about 15 20 minutes.  Sometimes more is NOT better.  

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Day 16- Is it done yet?

Reminds me of that famous childhood travel question. "Are we there yet?" And it would be great if we were all in the car headed for Edisto, and the kids were in the back seat saying that endless refrain!! In the meantime I will just paint beachy paintings.


After the Storm

Late evening after a storm...the skies are gorgeous the water is dark and stormy.  Having worked on this off and on for a while yet I no longer know if it's done. What do you think? I am putting it on the easel and am going to stare at it awhile...maybe it will tell me!  


I know this ones not done yet but like where it's heading. That star fish is quite a challenge but the nice thing about painting shells...they don't have to be an exact science like a portrait!

 I have been trying to use quinacridones where I could on this one..they have such a nice glow.  I used the quinacridone sienna on the star fish and I HOPE the glow shows...I also mixed it with ultramarine to get the purples and browns on the big murex shell on the right...though its far from done I like it.  And of course scallop shell will have quinacridone magenta or rose on it...will make it just glow I HOPE!!! I have already used quinacridone coral on it.   I DO love Daniel Smith's quinacridones...delicious colors!

Both are large half sheets about 15x20.