14x18 inches
oil on canvas
1000.00
silver frame
Purchase at: www.lindablondheim.com
Painters Tip
Experimenting with palettes
Now and then it's fun to work with a severely limited palette. The palette from the painting above is:
Ivory Black
Sap Green
Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Cadmium Yellow Lemon
Titanium White
I like to challenge myself to mix colors out of few choices. This palette makes nice tonal work. It is great for overcast days in Florida. Surprisingly, you can get a fairly accurate sky without blue. The Ivory Black is a pretty good substitute.
I used this palette for another painting on the blog recently. It was palm trees on the Econfina River. I liked it so much then that I have decided to do a few paintings with it to explore the possibilities.
It was quite by accident that I used these colors on that painting. They just seemed to fit the mood of the painting.
The next time you do a painting with a short list of hues and you like it, write them down and do some more paintings with them.
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