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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Several Shades of Grey & PINK

8"x10"
Lemons #96
I think I went a little cray-cray today with these lemons.  Pink anyone?


9" x 12"
Redo-Las Gallinas #97 
Today, before I went berserk with the Alizarine,  I spent the first part of my studio time doing a little experiment.  I re-painted the painting (above and below) that I did last week in Las Gallinas.  The version below was done on sight.  Well, when I brought it into the studio, it looked kind of blah, and the mountains seemed a shade to dark.  I really wanted them to sit further back.  So, I lightened the value and greyed them out with a violet-grey.  Plus, I reworked the foreground a bit and I think, overall, it all added a bit more light to the piece.  I like the touched-up version best.  Which is a good thing because there's no going back.

9" x 12"
Las Gallinas #97


9" x 12"
Las Gallinas #92
In the painting above (#98) I lightened the hills with a greyed-out blue - much better.  I also played around with the middle ground and added more depth - definitely better.  Only 3 more to go...

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