Clearly this is a painting that is not one of my usual subjects. The painting resulted from a challenge in an online art forum that I often visit. The challenge was to paint this scene using only two colors plus black and white. The colors I used were yellow ochre and burnt sienna. It was wonderful trying to create the sensation of blue water when blue wasn't on my palette. A mixture of black and white produces a neutral gray that looks blue next to the yellow. The glow in the sky was developed by starting with a wash of burnt sienna that blended into yellow ochre. Over the wash I used the same gray mixture used on the water, letting some of the color show through. I understand why California plein air paintings are so popular; California has a lovely warmth to the landscape that is appealing to northerners with cold hands and feet. When I imagine sitting on a warm coastline such as this one, the chill leaves my bones. The painting is an 8x10 inch oil painting on gessoed hardboard. Technorati tags:
8x10, Aerial Perspective, American, Art, Bank, Bay, Beach, Big Sur, California, Cliff, Coast, Coastline, color, Color Study, Contemporary, Daily, Daily Painting, Gold, Golden, Harbor, Hillside, Landscape, Landscape Painting, Limited Palette, Ocean, Oil, oil painting, Pacific Coast, Painting, palette, Rocks, Rocky, Seascape, Shoreline, Sky, Sunlight, Sunny, Sunset, surf, warm, Yellow
1 comment:
Hi,
I like this one.
It has a nice range of values and the chroma is on the right places.
I've recently read about that of white and black making blue near certain colours.
In fact a grey, for insteance can seem yellow.
Our sight is really tricky :-)
Kind regards,
José
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