You learn how to do it in the practice of it.
That's exactly what I do when I paint—learn how in the practice of it.
In early July, I turned to a new page in a notebook of Canson 90-pound 18 x 24" drawing paper. I began making marks and mixing up shades of green using yellows and blacks. Practice, practice, practice.
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4 comments:
I absolutely love a limited color palette like this. So moody, so geological. And, as always, your details are paintings all in themselves. Beautiful.
I, too, love a limited color palette and am always happy when I think to paint with one. Love your feedback, Jen, re moody and geological. Glad you enjoy the detail paintings—I so love to zoom in on found compositions, to find all the countless paintings within a painting : )
Each detail a painting in its self! Love the calligraphic strokes! Love the greens from yellow and black. Try making a chromatic black from raw umber and ultramarine. There are lots of combinations but I keep coming back to this one. More umber= warm black, more ultramarine= cool black.
Thanks for appreciating each detail as a painting in itself—I so agree!—and for your use of the word calligraphic here; I value that feedback.
Carol, love that you gave me a recipe for making my own black. That is just the right size art lesson for me today. Can't wait to get to my studio!
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