" Lemons & Blue Olive Napkin "Oil
6"x6"
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Lots of sunny yellow in this little painting. I add cadmium yellow medium to my limited palette when I paint lemons, also yellow ocher as I find it faster to get the muted yellow-greens. I premixed all the colors for this painting. Decisions made..apply paint = fun! Well, sort of. Painting is hard, mental work that I wouldn't trade for any profession.
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"Painting is hard, mental work that I wouldn't trade for any profession"
Hear, hear! I so agree and love the mental challenge of planning and executing a painting.
Thanks for the tips with achieving the yellow-greens of the lemons.
Liz
Thanks, Liz. The tone on this panel was raw umber..I usually like yellow oxide and after struggling with the darker undertone I will go back to raw sienna or yellow oxide..at least when the objects to be rendered are light in value. It took me a while to figure out why my cad yellows weren't behaving like usual. Duh! the toned panel was too dark. That's why I added yellow ochre to the mix.
classic jennifer. lovely. i am thrilled you have returned to your small paintings. i've missed your lemons. :)
Thanks, Christine. It feels good to be back at it. I ordered 100 6.6 & 6.8 panels, ready to be gessoed and toned. Having a stack looking back at me makes me stay committed.
I've missed you small paintings, too. They brighten my day. This painting is beautiful. No one paints fabrics as well as you.
Virginia Floyd
Thanks, Ginny. I started sewing at age 9 so maybe all those years working with fabric paid off. Actually, I used to avoid using fabric in my paintings..not wanting to deal with painting folds. When I began "painting what I see, not what I know" it was a breakthrough and I will now tackle any subject.
Luscious and beautiful in every way. My most favorite of your subjects.
It is you who inspired me to paint fabric and I have just done my first stripes! suird
Thanks, Mary. I love pattern in anything. I will go check out your blog to see if you posted any "stripes"!
I love your all works but especially the lemons.
Thanks, Karen. Lemons have it all, oblong, not too round..bright color, texture. I don't think I have ever heard someone say they dislike the taste of lemons.
Beautiful job on the lemons. Love both of these paintings and palettes.
Thanks, Gwen. In hind sight I think it's too much yellow. The beauty of these little paintings is that not much time is invested..on to the next one.
Before I saw the title of the painting I thought, "Wow, this reminds me of Provence!" It's a lovely little piece and I'm not surprised it sold. There's something so universally appealing about blue and yellow and you've used them beautifully here.
Thanks, Kristeena,
In advertising, blue and yellow are stand-out-on-the-shelf colors for packaging. Yellow makes us feel warm and light. I'm glad you like this painting and thanks for visiting my blog.
very nice. The fabric is great. I'm always looking for good fabrics... the one you have here has perfect colors for painters :)
you paint very good. I like your art
Thanks, Simon. I love collection fabrics..they aren't easy to find.
Thanks, Bababububaby!
So glad you like my art!
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