Blue Shutters And Colors Used

Blue Shutters - France

8x6in oil on canvas SOLD

What a green thumb the owner

of this house in France must have.

Handsome ivy-covered walls,

clay pots filled with flowers 

and herbs...

plus a comfortable chair to 

sit on.

Artist Note

This is another pick-up post.

This one from 

May, two years ago.

I have expanded the post

by adding the colors used 

because I had a request

for the information.

I painted a transparent

Indian Yellow (WN)

over my canvas mixing 

Transparent Brown Oxide

in the bottom half.

This set up a nice glow

to work my opaque 

colors into.

The warm Turquoise Blue

(LaFranc)

was made lighter with

 Naples Yellow first, 

and white added

for the edge of the shutter

on the right.

I used two different blues

for the shutters in the shade

(mixed with turquoise)

Ultramarine & Ocean.

The dark of the interior 

thru the top of the window, 

and other dark areas

are mixtures of 

Ultramarine and Oxide Brown,

both are transparent.

I often save my notes 

and it 

was interesting and fun

for me to 

go back and see 

how I approached it.

I hope you enjoyed it.