Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Monday, January 27, 2020

Saturday, January 25, 2020

SPEAKING OF COLORS...

Since I’ve been studying and playing with single colors, I thought you’d like to see some beautifully colored pieces I picked up while in Florida last week.  And contrary to what she says, I DID NOT steal them from a mermaid’s cache :)


Sweetie bought the bracelet and the sea glass earrings for me (and early birthday present) - both purchased at the HUGE Coquina Beach Market where there are tons of great vendors.  


The little mermaid tail earrings I got for myself.  


The bracelet has 3 lava stones (the black ones) where you drop in a bit of essential oil and then you have that nice scent around for a while (lasts a few days before needing to retouch).  

Now back to work (play) with the colors :) 


Thursday, January 23, 2020

MORE COLORS



































Back from vacation and back to some more color studies.  

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

PHOTOS FROM VACATION

Just returned (Saturday) from another two weeks away to Anna Maria Island.  So here are a few photos to see to warm you up until I get back to my color studies.  Enjoy the birds and the sunshine in these photos.  














































Friday, January 17, 2020

EARTHY TONES



Some earth tones.

Quinacridone Gold




Quinacridone Burnt Orange




Permanent Brown





Wednesday, January 15, 2020

GRANULATING COLORS



Granulating Colors:

Rhodonite Genuine
and
Cobalt Blue

Making a nice violet.











Monday, January 13, 2020

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME?




Rose of Ultramarine






Quinacridone Red



French Ultramarine Blue





Thursday, January 9, 2020

COLOR STUDIES



Pyrrol Orange


Perinone Orange






Organic Vermillion



Scarlet Lake (Holbein)



Tuesday, January 7, 2020

MORE STUDIES STARTING WITH ORANGE


Perinone Orange

Cobalt Teal Blue



Putting down the Orange first and then the Cobalt Teal, the blue tended to push into the orange.
Putting down the Cobalt Teal first and then the Orange, the orange held its own and stayed in place, neither seeping into the blue or letting the blue seep into it.  











Unless I say otherwise, all the pigments I am using are made by Daniel Smith. 

Sunday, January 5, 2020

COLOR STUDIES - ORANGE AND OTHERS



Lunar Red Rock

Indigo

Perinone Orange













Friday, January 3, 2020

2020 = COLOR STUDIES


Last year, I purchased a new watercolor sketchbook.  The paper inside is Indigo artpapers, cold press watercolor, 300 gsm (which is 140#).  It has 4 natural deckle edges, has slip-papers in between each sheet (24 sheets) of the watercolor paper.  It's a bit soft and absorbent (more so than other papers I've used).  So I decided to use it to do some color studies this year.  These are not going to set the world on fire - but it's what I'm doing.



I paint a study on the watercolor paper and then write on the slip paper behind it to talk about the color or my thoughts on the color.

If I remember, I'll date the writing/thoughts.  But I intend to do this throughout 2020, just as an exercise for myself, and to get back to color after working in black and white for a while.  


Here, the first study is Perinone Orange (transparent) and Bismuth Yellow (opaque).






  




















Wednesday, January 1, 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR




Here's wishing us all a very happy and creative 2020!