Fence was an item on the list. Today it was supposed to be rainy with thunderstorms. So far not much. I sat in the laundry room and sketched the fence on the porch. You can see a bit of a fence at the house across the way as well.
Vista del Rey
Oil on canvas panel, 9 x 12 inches
I painted this in Angel Fire last summer. I wanted to look at it again. :-) It really feels good to smoosh the oil paints around with a brush sometimes. I just don't like the drying time. You know, watching paint dry.
I use a limited palette. I put white, a cool and warm yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, burnt umber or black, blue, something like sap green and a blue green or a greenish blue. I put orange and a purple at times to save mixing. I mix on the palette with a knife or the brush if it is a small amount with a small brush. I usually sketch with a thinned down burnt umber on a brush to establish the big shapes. When painting outside I put the light and dark shadows quickly before the light changes. I usually paint all over the painting to keep the overall color unified. I put some shade of red in pine trees and use purple and orange with the greens. This gives a more natural color.
How do you work on a landscape?
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J.R. Secor is an artist I met on wetcanvas. He paints with acrylics mostly on big canvases and linen paper. His favorites are the southwest and the ocean where he lives in Florida. I like to see his paintings of New Mexico of course. He stretches the imagination from representational to abstract. Always colorful and interesting. You can see his work on his new website and his blog.
6 comments:
Hey Jo, these are crazy times, but having your blog posts more often definitely helps!! Glad you are taking the time for some art. Sending love...
Hi rose, thank you for your support, that helps, too. Sending love and hugs back. Take care.
I like your oil, but I'm with you on the drying time. I'm painting an oil right now with my little art student, Alayna. She likes oil more than acrylic. There are some great things about oil, the way they feel like butter and blend so nicely. But I hate waiting on the drying when I want to move on. I like establishing my darkest darks and lightest light first, and then moving to values in-between.
Jesse sent me a link this morning of one of her favorite artists. His name is Mark Maggiori. You will like him too. She has been working in gouache and colored pencil lately. I'll text you her little painting that she did this morning.
Bag Blog, we must be related. Ha. I like painting in oils all at once. All in one sitting , a la prima, as they say. I get bored working on something for a long time.
Looking forward to seeing Jesse's. I liked her work you showed on facebook. Very cool. Lucky me to have a couple of her plein air landscapes from the pain outs. They make me smile.
Nice sketch looking out toward the yard. That oil is great!! I haven't tried oils since I was a kid and my parents bought us all oll paints for Christmas. I guess the feel of squishing the paint on the canvas with the palette knife or brush must be a fun feeling.
Joan, thank you. I like oils so much except for the drying time. You know I don't even have patience for a watercolor to dry in 15 minutes so X number of days is way too long. Acrylics can sometimes give you the feel, but they dry before you can get them blended. I try to use them like oils and have been successful on small paintings, not so much on larger ones. Instant gratification makes me like ink and pastels. So....
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