Deconstruction and new creations

Days 9 and 10 of the 30 paintings in 30 days have been spent deconstruction a couple of older paintings.

16 x 20 Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas "Diverging Thoughts"

                                                                                   Available on Artspan

20 x 16 inches on gallery wrap canvas"Dream Boat"

Both paintings were once landscapes that just did not get it for me.  I flipped the paintings upside down and just started brand new ones over them.  Reinventing old art work is so much fun, there is nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Mary

Color Study

                                               

12 x 9 inches oil study

I have fallen in love with a new color:)   When resupplying some of my oil paints, I picked a new color,  Rose- Violet by Holbein.  Often when I have a few new colors I will work up color charts.
Using a color, I will make a chart of the color mixed with white, and mixed with the complement, and a mix with black, to see the values and tones I can get.  Having just picked one color the chart seemed boring to do.  So, I took my new color Rose violet, some white oil paint, and a sheet of  Arches oil paper, and did a study.
    I did the study with a video going on my pc from Bright Light Fine Art .   The video was excellent, but long, so painting while watching and listening, helped.  Double the learning, information from the a wonderful artist;  David A. Leffel, and getting to know a new color.  Nice way to spend 90 minutes.

Mary
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