Sunday, September 4, 2011

"FAVORI ITALIEN" 6" X 6" Oil on linen panel

My palette in doing this painting was a bit different for a change. I used Cadmium Yellow Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Red Medium, Titanium White, and Burnt Umber. It's a challenge to have a limited palette like this, but a fun one and one with which I need to play. I've been told it's an excellent way to learn color theory.                                                                                     

8 comments:

  1. Oh Carol, you did my favorite subject, Love the freshness of the grain on the skins, so direct and yet gentle strokes. By the way , if you want garlic, our crop is safely drying in the shed.

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  2. You really captured the texture of that garlic skin:)

    I like a limited palette too: Cad yell lt, cad red light, ultra blue, and white. I have done yell ochre, paynes gray, and burnt sienna also. It sure does cause you to focus on color mixing and relationships.

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  3. It's fun, isn't it? sometimes. it's hard to resist pulling out the Viridian or others, but I force myself to stay within the "rules."

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  4. Thank you, Jean! You're amazing! You grow so many things in your garden! What a treat!!

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  5. Lorraine, thanks! I really appreciate it.

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  6. I think limited palettes are great though I must admit lately I've shifted to a much more expansive one.
    Love the texture you achieved with that thin and fragile garlic skin.
    And the dove and basket of your previous post are beautiful with such great color harmony.

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  7. You know, Shirley, sometimes you just need a certain tube color! But, a limited palette certainly does challenge you to be creative with mixing. Even substituting a different yellow or blue or red (yellow ochre for Cad Yellow, for example,) produces exciting changes and tones. Love it! Thanks for writing!

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