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Sharing the lessons I teach at the Artist Guild and the personal discoveries in my art.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Two Vases of Freesia
Two Vases of Freesia
5x7in oil on canvas board 90.
This piece was a fast exercise using simple rectangular shapes with the flowers having the only curves.
A brush and palette knife was used with a very limited palette of Cad Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine blue and white.
First I mixed up a purple in two hues...one more red and the other more blue. Then I added these purples to the yellow to make the ocher and sienna colors. The yellow of the flowers has a touch of crimson added plus the purple for the shadow. The blue/purple was mixed with yellow to create the greens.
This was much more fun than painting red and green but I am still trying to do the holly painting. If at first you do not succeed...
Labels:
. still life,
color mixtures,
freesias,
oil
I am a painter living in Las Cruces, NM. After many years as an illustrator I turned to fine art to develop my own artistic voice. I currently teach talented and enthusiastic artists in oil, acrylic and egg tempera painting. I am also a member of the Artist Guild of Southern New Mexico.
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I love this painting, Julie!! Gorgeous colors...Happy Holidays!!
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