This one is my favourite and was painted as a class demo for my November class.
Here, I was encouraging my students to mix their own neutral from two colours on the palette and on the paper..... then create a wash painting in two stages.
With the initial sky and sea area completed and dried I then went in with different ratios of pigment to water and added more volume in the sky, sea etc.
This is a skinny format and one of my favourites so far. I painted this outside in my garden, although it was not the scene I was looking at.....but just being outside inspired me to work quickly.....there is something about just being outside in nature that really inspires me to paint.
This is a skinny format and one of my favourites so far. I painted this outside in my garden, although it was not the scene I was looking at.....but just being outside inspired me to work quickly.....there is something about just being outside in nature that really inspires me to paint.
Light Red and Neutral Tint (W&N) mixed both on the palette and on the paper on Arches 140lb cp paper.
4 comments:
I'm really liking these washes with neutral tint, Maggie. I've ever used it before but will be getting a tube now I've seen how beautiful it looks!
I like the way it has mixed here with Light Red to add a little warmth as well as the experiments on wash #7 below. Has the feel of line and wash but more subtle and gentle.
Theresa, I fell in love with Neutral tint a while ago and I think it's a great alternative to Paynes Grey. It is also nice mixed with white gouache to create a more opaque effect. I had been working in Sepia for my Monochrome class and everything was looking so 'dead' that I decided to mix my own neutrals and sepia type colours. The addition of LR really creates more depth and a lively colour. Its wonderful to be able to create a painting with out drawing on the paper first with washes, then go in with smaller brushes to create line type marks.
These type of paintings are often a bit hit and miss for me, but I'm getting better at controlling my washes now and can control washes better wet on dry than totally wet into wet like I used to do.
Maggie
You have conveyed a winter atmosphere with the colours you have used so well Maggie.
It really does look more pleasant than Paynes Grey (which I use use a lot).
Your washes look very enticing - I will try wet on dry. I normally use wet on wet technique for large washes but they are definitely hit and miss. Thanks for the tip.
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