NEW WORKS FROM THE STUDIO OF ART BY WENDY
This is not usually a problem for me as my Plein air painting is by the ocean. There are blues, reds, browns and yellows. Green is just a small part of the mix. But this summer I was painting on Mount Revelstoke. Green everywhere! Yes, there were little lakes in the some of the alpine valleys but they were full of 'green' reflections! It really challenges you as an artist to see other colours and to create many different greens.
I had my Daniel Smith GreenGold, which I like mixed with Ultramarine it gives great colours for our coastal firs. But here I needed more: I mixed reds, blues and yellows with my greens. Always trying for those elusive changes in the shadows, in the sun, in the distance and in the foreground. Of course when you really let your eyes do their work you can see other colours as well: the bright yellow Mountain Arnica and dazzling red Indian Paintbrush dancing in the sunlight; the ghostly gray branches left from snow damage in the winter; even the beds of white Partridgefoot, all work to break up the green. Once I focused on these other things, life got better!!
"Summer Flowers come to Balsam Lake" was the results of my 'green adventure'. I must admit at times I struggled to bring in more colour but once I got rolling I felt things came together. Yes, there is still lots of greens but it has a sense of the life and colour the way it was the day I sat and painted by the lake.
This picture will be part of the Art in the Park 2014 running November 7 - December 5, 2014 in Revelstoke, BC. The show will travel for a year promoting the 100th Anniversary of the Park and the Parks Program in Canada. I have just learned that the show will be here in Surrey for June 2015 which means I will get to see it!! Very excited about that!!
For information on working Plein Air see my Plein Air Adventures Page with this blog. Lots of tips to help make your adventures Great!!
You know,
Green Trees
Green Grass
Green Plants
Green Everywhere!!
It all becomes Green!!
Summer Flowers Come to Balssm Lake - Watercolour - 11 x 14
This is not usually a problem for me as my Plein air painting is by the ocean. There are blues, reds, browns and yellows. Green is just a small part of the mix. But this summer I was painting on Mount Revelstoke. Green everywhere! Yes, there were little lakes in the some of the alpine valleys but they were full of 'green' reflections! It really challenges you as an artist to see other colours and to create many different greens.
I had my Daniel Smith GreenGold, which I like mixed with Ultramarine it gives great colours for our coastal firs. But here I needed more: I mixed reds, blues and yellows with my greens. Always trying for those elusive changes in the shadows, in the sun, in the distance and in the foreground. Of course when you really let your eyes do their work you can see other colours as well: the bright yellow Mountain Arnica and dazzling red Indian Paintbrush dancing in the sunlight; the ghostly gray branches left from snow damage in the winter; even the beds of white Partridgefoot, all work to break up the green. Once I focused on these other things, life got better!!
"Summer Flowers come to Balsam Lake" was the results of my 'green adventure'. I must admit at times I struggled to bring in more colour but once I got rolling I felt things came together. Yes, there is still lots of greens but it has a sense of the life and colour the way it was the day I sat and painted by the lake.
This picture will be part of the Art in the Park 2014 running November 7 - December 5, 2014 in Revelstoke, BC. The show will travel for a year promoting the 100th Anniversary of the Park and the Parks Program in Canada. I have just learned that the show will be here in Surrey for June 2015 which means I will get to see it!! Very excited about that!!
For information on working Plein Air see my Plein Air Adventures Page with this blog. Lots of tips to help make your adventures Great!!
Special Note: To learn more about the Residency see my first three August 2014 Posts beginning with this One.
2 comments:
very nice greens Wendy
Hi Brenda, I know Greens are not a problem for you since you work only in Graphite but boy they can sure get the best of you when painting!!
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