Personal Art Blog

Sharing the lessons I teach at the Artist Guild and the personal discoveries in my art.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Purple and Alstroemeria



Purple and Alstroemeria.

8x6in oil on canvas panel  $125.

White Alstroemerias. I found them difficult to do without making them too
hard edged..
I love them though for three reasons.
They come in many colors,
are inexpensive,
and they last a while under lights.

Artist Note.

Warm and cool colors are important to me in my work.
I try and punch the contrast more than what I actually see.
Here are colors I made up before I started the painting.

Cool on the left. Warm on right.
I added white  to a middle value
and I can  bend them up or down
from there.
I made the yellow lighter on the cool
side so you could see the full range.
I added purple to cool and darken it.
I made the greens from these colors.
Anytime you add white to a color it
cools it down so to lighten the warm
colors I add a little yellow.





Here is a close-up showing the warm
and cool of the vase and flowers
My light source is warm so the shadows
are cool.










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8 comments:

  1. HI Julie, Thanks for your feedback on my Carnations painting today. Love your blog, signed up to follow today. And congratulations on your 400th blog post- I'm up in the 200"s so I know the kind of commitment that takes. Your work is beautiful!

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  2. Great compliments. Fracturing really enhances this set up. Lovely.

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    1. You are correct. Thanks helen.
      Some things go better with fracturing that others. Goal is to be able to do everything with the technique.

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  3. There's that lovely purple again! Truly beautiful Julie and I love Alstroemerias, I used to have them growing in my garden.

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    1. Yes - I love color and flowers.
      I am luck to be able to paint what I want to.
      Thanks for commenting Karen.

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  4. Another beautiful painting! I've been working on the warm and cool colors as well. I say working on, I should say I'm conscious of this while painting. Although, it's not second nature yet! There are so many aspect that go into a painting and you've definitely got it down! I have a wonderful book by Vicki McMurry that addresses this subject quite well. Thanks again for your great blog!
    Jen

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    1. Thanks. I googled Vicki's art - wow!
      Thanks for the lead.

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Julie