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.
