The typical 8x10 is too small for this scene. Today, I was only able to get familiar with the colour range. I also get more time to play, because of the foreground trees...some of which are about to bloom a nice pink. When the sun hits, the blooms sparkle and are tipped with hot yellow orange. Today I used a #18 synthetic soft bristle Filberte (I prefer blended sable brights) and a # 6 bright for the smaller calligraphy detail.
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Yellow, orange, purple...wonderful color combinations...
I realized when I finished it was a very narrow palette...I toned several 12x12 panels today, cad yellow deep and cad orange and put em in the sun, dried in about 6 or 7 hours. I've also been toning panels with my scraps...I used a muted olive one yesterday....I like it for quick studies. What I always liked about palette knife painting...no scraps.
I went online today, researching Turner...my library is in storage...it's been a lifetime since I've even thought about impressionists...yesterday I looked up Monet. On Turner I found something that caught my attention...he apparently did a lot of nocturne painting...moons and so on. He used black and a lot of it...I saw one quote "if I could find a colour blacker than black I'd use it" once I saw this one particular painting...I put it together. He painted on a black canvas using primarily glazes to get an iridescent luminosity. From my deck I get the Moon :=))) I have to admit the guy took painting on black velvet to a whole new level! It's also possible this painting was en Plein Air. The point of the story....black might be fun:=)))
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