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| I painted my first washes on the "practice" landscape - an overall warming wash of yellow ocher. I let it dry, then masked the skyline and mountains. Then I painted a w/w wash with aureolin, quin. coral and phthalo blue. |
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| Here I've done the shadows with a glaze of quin. burnt orange and phthalo green [blue shade, I think]. |
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| These are the under-glazes - alizarin for the dark center, quin. siena for the warmer areas of the tulip, and quin. pink for the cooler spots. |
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| Believe me, it IS redder than this. I've started applying carmine w/w, to get the varied depths of red in the flower. I've never used carmine before, and I quite like it. It is a bit warmer than alizarin, and it has more body, so when applied w/w it doesn't explode all over the wetted area. This is it for the next few days - back to the office. As always, your comments are most welcome! |
i can't wait to see the next steps!
ReplyDeleteTheyre all looking good so far! I have never been good at having several things on the go at once. I don't know why that is but I always feel compelled to finish something before I start something new. I wish I could be different in that way :0)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the information about carmine, I never thought there would be any difference from alizarin. Glad to see you have time to paint....waiting to see more:-) Like you I always have many different works going, because when inspiration occurs....you need to grab it !
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how I missed this post - well nearly missed it.
ReplyDeleteThe landscape looks just my sort of scene, I can't wait to see how it develops.
Interesting to see how you go about generating your pictures ... I'm far more direct: (1) Pen on paper (2) OOooops (3) throw away (4) Start again :0)
Looking good and you're working with those reds well - will stop back to see how it changes along the way :)
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be great Kathryn. I just stumbled across a book telling me how to mask out forms--at least I think so? I just thumbed through. Having gotten thalo blue on a white jeans jackets, I was distracted by how to launder out stains in my Laundry book.
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way. I like to work methodically too--though I suspect in painting, it's not a good way. Our moods are constantly shifting. With those shifts, so shifts our interests. I think an example of that is the shift between our choice of subject matters one day to the next. --I'm just making all this up. But I think I have a point. I just don't feel like researching the data to prove it--work's too serious. LOL.
I love how your painting of the Burrard bridge is coming along. Brings back lots of good memories of Vancouver. Can't wait to see more!!
ReplyDeleteWow- this bridge looks like its going to be toooo hard!
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I'm really looking forward to seeing the next post of this bridge, Kathryn...with all those details, it will be interesting. and love this flower..excellent so far.
ReplyDeleteBoth of them are looking so great Kathryn! I can't wait to see what you do with the skyline, and to see the next juicy colors of your tulip. :))
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see these watercolor paintings progress, Kathryn!
ReplyDeleteI could never catch onto proper masking when I delved into WCs.
hy Kathryn,i hope you finish the picture about the bridge.I and pippo are very interesting to see the work finish.It will be beautifull, that's shure.Pippo say goodbay to Bruno.:)
ReplyDeleteCiao gloria
(my english doesn't permit me to talk with you as well as would like to do)