Casa Madrona

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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on February 12, 2012 at 1:31

Dor and Ann, the Casa Madrona Hotel is on Brigeway in Sausalito, the city just north of the Golden Gate bridge in Marin County, CA. Nice place to stay and great restaurant on the ground floor (Poggio); quite Mediterranean. San Rafael is about 10 miles further north on US Hwy 101. I usually post a comment about the location when I post the painting. Come visit! Syu

Comment by Dorian Aronson on February 11, 2012 at 20:10

Thanks Ann for telling me, this sure is a lovely place...........dor:))

Comment by Ann Turner on February 11, 2012 at 20:07

Dor, I saw your comment. The painting is San Rafael CA,USA. Stuarts hometown.About an hour north from me in San Jose CA. Happy painting !

Comment by Dorian Aronson on February 11, 2012 at 18:17

Looks to me like you were somewhere in South America! 

Comment by Dorian Aronson on February 11, 2012 at 18:10

Most excellent painting......Where in our beautiful world were you visiting?

Comment by jaganpole on December 26, 2011 at 1:08

nice light and sadoes  but it is beautiful painting.one said light.  

Comment by Barbara Sawyer on December 19, 2011 at 17:30

I want the  Mustang

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on December 16, 2011 at 1:04

Brushes used for this size painting #4, #6 & #8 bristle brights and #2 & #4 synthetic brights for details plus #2 rigger.  Part of the texture on this painting is from acrylic modeling paste (Liquitex) brushed with a #12 bristle flat on the 12" by 16" birch panel covered with 2 coats of acrylic gesso.  This underlying texture makes it easy to dry brush on details and keep it painterly.  Stu

Comment by john weimer on December 15, 2011 at 20:37

What size(s) of brush did you use? Very nice!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on December 13, 2011 at 5:23

Tony, thanks for your compliments.  I always use a limited palette to get better color harmony:  Usual colors are yellow ochre , ultramarine blue, transparent earth red, viridian, hansa yellow medium, quinaqridone red, napthol scarlet and quick dry white (all from Gamblin).  I do use some dioxazine purple  and sometimes Indian red as well.  I also use an alkyd medium (Galkyd lite).  So the answer is 7 plus white.  My grays are usually mixed with ultramarine blue, transparent earth red, and the quidk dry white.   Stu

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