Reflections On The Lily Pond

Reflections On The Lily Pond

8x6in oil on canvas panel $135 SOLD

Artist Note.

Number 8 

in the lily pond series.

The glow of the setting sun 

reflects on the water.

Sky and water  together- 

Beautiful!

I always have an 

emotional response

to this combination 

no matter what time of day.

Using the palette knife

I went for simple shapes of color

to suggest sky, hills, water and then 

adding the lily pads at the end. 

Its amazing what the eye can 

make out of

simple shapes and color.

Something Simple

Early Morning Light.

6x6in oil on canvas board  85.

After yesterday's struggle I decided to follow my own advice and do something simple. This is a memory exercise based on simple shapes of different values.

This landscape was done with a limited palette of Ultramarine Blue, Cad Yellow Light, Permanent Alizarin and Titanium White.

First, I pre-mixed a yellow green, an orange color, a brown and a purple from the above colors.

A Yellow Ochre was made by pre-mixing a reddish purple to the same value FIRST as the ocher color I wanted and then adding the cad yellow light. If my purple had been too blue then I would have got a neat green instead of ocher.

The secret to good color mixing is to make your colors the correct value before adding them together.