Three more colors...

"Green Perch"  Acrylic on watercolor paperAvailable at DPWs

Today was a very busy day, but did one more color theme this morning.  Today I used a very scary color; Phthalo Blue, it was Daniel Smith brand, but brand really does not matter, Phthalo is a strong staining color by any brand.  The other two colors were Hansa Yellow Deep, and Quinacridone Violet both Daniel Smith brand.  The yellow was a strong enough color to mix with Phthalo, but I was surprised that the violet as transparent as it was.  I also use white, but do not count that as a color, just a color adjuster.
Sparrows were hanging on the sunflower stems, in between fighting over seeds, so this was a fast little painting.  For some reason the birds were not very good models, may have been because my cat was also watching them.
   After getting my morning painting done, I spent the afternoon at the Flint Institute of Art for an open house,  painting of course :)  So, all in all, this busy day was a lot of fun.  I plan to share the open house paintings tomorrow.
Mary

Color theme

"Tools of the Trade",  Acrylic 14 x 11 inchesAVAILABLE AT DPWS

Today my three colors are:Ultramarine Blue (Golden brand), Nickel Titanate Yellow (Daniel Smith), and Quinacridone Coral (Daniel Smith).  Picked these three just because they are colors I like, pretty simple reason, but why not? Thought I would mention the brands because different brands of paint are a little different.  Yesterday the Viridian green I used was Liquitex and I think it is a little less blue than other brands.
When I am planning these "harmony paintings" I pick the colors but also decide on one color being a dominate color, in this case it was the blue.  Probably will do another but using a different one of the group as dominate.  Called this Tools of the Trade, wine and paint brushes, why not:)

Mary

Second week of 30 paintings in 30 days

Acrylic on watercolor paperAvailable at DPWs

    Starting a a new theme this week.  Got the idea for this week from Mary Maxam .
The last show Artists helping artists, had 50 tips and one of them was picking just 3 colors for painting, ( a limited palette) to create color harmony.  Love the idea and plan to pick 3 different colors each day this week to paint with.
  The focus this week is color.  I will be picking 2 or 3 colors and white and painting.  Today's colors are Viridain, Indian yellow, and Cadmium red light.

This should be a fun week.
Mary

End of the first week...

Available at DPWs

Last sunflower, loved working on these all week.   Monday a new theme, and it will be about color.
Happy painting to all the 30 in 30 artists out there!
Mary

Day 6

Acrylic on watercolor paper, matted to 14 x 11 inches"A Star is Bottled"

The sunflowers in my yard are starting to hang heavy.  Glad I started the challenge with the first week  using sunflowers as my theme, pretty soon they will be mainly seeds.  Of the 6 painted so far think this one is my favorite.
Mary

Day 5 of 30 paintings in 30 days

Definitely  a Sunflower week .....

Acrylic on watercolor paper, Matted to 14 x 11 inchesAvailable at DPWs

After spending the summer painting outside with oils, I am really enjoying revisiting acrylic painting again.   I am painting on an Arches 140 lb watercolor block.  The block gives it an extra strong surface to work on, and keeps the paper flat.  Watercolor paper is not just for watercolors:)

Mary
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