Art with Cynthia

I 've   been reading the book "Contemporary Landscapes in Mixed Media", by Soraya French, and one chapter covers color through the seasons. She says "Each season conjures up specific colors in our mind's eye." I've been working with her winter palette, and wanted to share what I've learned. "The winter palette is all about colorful greys ... easy on the eye, tranquil and beautiful. ... To achieve a range of beautiful grays, mix the complementary colors and vary the proportion, then add white." The colors you see above are: 1 = Burnt Sienna, BS + UltraMarine, BS + UM + Yellow Ochre, the same + White 2 = Phthalo Blue + Cadmium Red, PB + CR + White, the same + more CR, the same + more PB UltraMarine + Quinacidone Red + White, more QR, more UM, and even more UM Cobalt + Teal, Phthalo Blue + Cadmium Red, PB + CR + White, PB + Yellow Ochre

 C hecking in: Some homework for you: Tami:  Your goal is to finish some of your paintings, and you chose your river painting. Practice under-painting and over-painting for your river. - try different interesting underpainting colors, and different kinds of brush strokes for over painting. There are lots of opinions about under painting. I like to have flashes of the underpainting showing through. I often use a complementary color, or a main color from another part of the composition. In my Mt. Pisgah painting (below) I was inspired by the sky in van Gogh's "Women Digging Potatoes" for the red underpainting as well as the brush work in the sky: Becky:   You told me yesterday that you will be in Georgia next Tuesday... I hope you can call in and if so, I'd like to hear a report on some of these tasks: 1. You talked about painting the ocean. Bring a photo of a landscape that means something to you, and be prepared to riff on it in an abstract way. By riffing, I mean it ...