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| I have mapped out the shadows and colors for the blue parrot ... |
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| ... and have started the black parrot, to get an idea of how dark I must go ... |
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| Ack!!! I don't know why this image has come out so light! However, seeing the darks of the black parrot, I know I will have to get more intense with colors on the lighter, blue tulip. I am painting both tulips using w/w washes, dropping in colors to the water. For the blue parrot tulip, I am painting with mixtures of aureolin [very little], quin. pink and cobalt blue. On the bottom shaded petal, I have glazed with alizarin crimson, then indanthrone blue. For the black tulip, I am using alizarin crimson, quin. violet, and a mixture of quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone for the black. The stamen in the middle is aureolin, quin. burnt orange and indanthrone. My plan is to use the violet for the petals in direct light [cooler] and crimson in the richer, darker areas. The black parrot will need a lot of glazing, and I find I am having to use an extremely delicate touch when adding the pigments. That's it for life in tulip land. I am still working on the tug boat painting, and will post the final result. Now it's off to the land of horse ... Thank you for dropping by, and your comments are always welcome! |
