Spending these last few days looking over some of my paintings that have always seemed sooo dark and leaning toward that mid to dark - ONE VALUE..like the hollyhocks a few days ago. In a room with not much light, these two got lost - they just didn't stand out at all. This one is big - 18"x 24" - and it usually hides behind others because I have never liked looking at it.
These past two days I have tackled it - and now I think it will be able to be out in front of some of the others. I find it interesting that I always knew what these two needed, yet I didn't seem to care to stretch myself JUST a little more as I left them to dry. There are more like this.
Maybe there is some learning here - hope so.
As I worked on this I was reminded of the quote I recently read ~
"Colour is the fruit of life." Guillaume Apollinaire
It is fun painting on really dry paint. I like this enhancement (2nd photo here)! Do you?
old one
updated one
I have lost that light hitting the red rose behind the left side purple tulip.
I will try to catch it soon,
the reds are pretty wet.
I have lost that light hitting the red rose behind the left side purple tulip.
I will try to catch it soon,
the reds are pretty wet.
No comments:
Post a Comment