Thought I'd post an almost finished little painting that we're doing on my Painting Friends Blog. One of the artists drew the oranges, painted them and posted a "how to" demo for 4 or 5 steps along with the colors she used. The oranges were predominately quin coral and it almost "ate my lunch". Really had trouble with the brightness and I guess I just used too much. The base wash was of new gamboge and that made the oranges even brighter I guess. Anyway, I had to resort to going back with quin burnt orange to tone it down...and it's still pretty bright. I still need to go back in and define the slices a bit more. The demo used masking for the slice veins and I was too lazy to use it so this could be a whole lot better with masking and more layering. May paint it again and reposition the oranges and peelings just for fun as it is small (8x10) and was a good quick exercise.
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Preciosa acuarela...!! bellisima un beso grande desde Argentina
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Mollie, and I love the colour. I also love the wonderful colours captured in the whites...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maria and Stephie. This was fun to paint with all the brights.
ReplyDeleteLove the quin coral!
ReplyDeletehmmmmmm?? haven't i seen this painting somewhere before...?? LOL
ReplyDeletemollie.. even tho you think this got away from you.. i think it turned out really nice..., thank for you great critique,as well!! :)
I'm agreeing with everyone - the colors are strong and I like the impact it has especially against the softer background. You do such beautiful work and I'm tickled you did this project.
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