Hi all, This morning I had some new colours to play with....HOC H212 Scarlet Lake and Williamsburg (handmade...proof by the price)Fanchon Red or Rouge Vermillonn`e. I have two problems the sun and a pot of geraniums...need I say more!
I like both of these colours, because of the pigment saturation. The Scarlet Lake in this instance was more useful....still trying to get the hot coral colour I'm really after! I think it will probably come from using copal glazes. I used 1/2" and #8 Royal soft grip SG4020 Filbert...short handle, which gives the 8x10 study a different softer look. It was partly cloudy with a blue grey colouring. The mid-ground field is almost always a pop-out feature. The nice thing about this view....I can either have trees or not, simply by moving around the garden.
I used a cadmium yellow deep toned panel....I think it was a mistake!
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Why would the cad yellow deep toned canvas be a mistake? Unless it wouldn't allow you to get the purples you wanted? I think the painting has an 'almost mid July' look...it issues that warmth all throughout.
The sun area to get pure color I needed to start out white. In this case I muted at the start with yellow :=(
Still was OK, but not what I was after.....fooling around with one now...getting closer :=)
Chuck,
I think the saturation level is way up there!
Sandra
The 15 minute exercise is a lot about colour match and fairly accurate to what I'm seeing.....except for the intensity of the sun, a molten hot coral more to red than orange, this one is getting closer. The 8x10s are a small detail of a much larger view. When I deal with the whole view it's much different, much easier to get. I'll post one to show what I mean. The Scarlet Lake is the best colour yet! When I add white or yellow it drops too much...any colour you think might work let me know. I'm thinking of an solid orange under coat.
This was the best I had, unfortunately the tree line is in front. My location was to the left between the trees. The hot colour is close but a little darker than what I'm after....any thoughts would be appreciated :=)
I've tried cad red light and alizarin crimson to get a nice coral. You have to play around with the mixture. Adding some white to a small dab of the reds will show which coral you've mixed. Sometimes it's hit and miss, but you come up with some wonderful colors playing with the reds (and oranges). I've also tried cad orange and aliz crimson and it's beautiful (since aliz crimson has yellow pigment as well as red...it also has a little blue)
Thanks BJ, I'm going to play with adjacent color harmony...such as you suggested, alizarin crimson....it may be the solution.
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