Acrylic 11x14. This is my first attempt at a painting using the Munsell theory. It was an interesting lesson because this was the first time using most of the colors.
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Thanks, Phyllis!!
Just so beautiful! Nice light! Colors! distant ocean!
Thank you so much Ruby and Laura!!
It is so beautiful, Susan!
beautifully painted Susan
Charles, I don't know what happened but after a long while, your post did show up, so I erased mine! I think we're all good to go now! Thanks again!
Thank you, Charles, for the excellent input! I'm going to try your suggestions! Thanks, Jon!
Odd, about my comment. My technical skills are failing me. Glad to help. The glazing technique creates a transparent result and you can layer color on top of color; e.g, you can create a purple by glazing red on blue. By contrast a mixture of white and a color creates a flatter result. I work in acrylic and use both glaze medium and water for glazing.
The glowing effect is lovely - I also like the violet shadowed area - it's hard to get 'colored'/glowing darks like that!
Again, this is a magnificent painting.
You are correct about P-blue (the same applies for P-green, Diox purple and Aliz crimson). When using any of those, to achieve the lightest value, you can use two techniques: (1) mix small amount of the color with glaze medium or (2) start with a lot of white and a touch of the color. Apply a small amount on the painting or a test page then step back and evaluate. I keep handy a test page paint with mid-tone gray (or mine is p-blue and white) on which I apply my mixed paint to see has the value I am looking for. Then darken in value in small increments; easier to darken the values with those colors than to lighten them. With the glazing technique, you merely apply another layer of the mixed glazed. BTW, I had that problem in my Mormon Row painting and had to cover the blues with layers of pure white to achieve the brightness I was looking for...frustrating as heck. If you decide to lighten the horizon, start with glazes of pure white until you achieve the look you are after.
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