Shovelers
101 Oil Studies, No. 33
Objective: Naples yellow wash; refine water reflection and Patagonia Lake scene.
Painted in 10 sessions: 30 July to 20 August 2024
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless otherwise noted): Naples yellow, cadmium yellow, French ultramarine, cerulean blue, permalba white (Weber), and warm gray (Rembrandt), Indian red, Vandyke brown, permanent green, sap green, ivory black, lamp black. Mediums: Gamsol, linseed oil.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 inches)
Process: I worked to create a composition in which point of view is much closer to the water's surface than in any of my reference photos (my own January 2022 photographs taken at Patagonia Lake in southeastern Arizona). Naples yellow is becoming one of my preferred pigments.
After Action Evaluation: (1) I'm more satisfied with the birds than with the water relections, where the values are decent but the overall perspective and strokes need work. (2) Cerulean blue added to the sky made for a hue mismatch with the water, where the only blue was French ultramarine. (3) A vertical compositions might add more reflection of the proximate shoveler and allow both birds to be closer to the shoreline grasses. (4) Permanent green, which I rarely use, worked perfectly for the iridescent green of the male.
Shovelers
101 Oil Studies, No. 33
Objective: Naples yellow wash; refine water reflection and Patagonia Lake scene.
Painted in 10 sessions: 30 July to 20 August 2024
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless otherwise noted): Naples yellow, cadmium yellow, French ultramarine, cerulean blue, permalba white (Weber), and warm gray (Rembrandt), Indian red, Vandyke brown, permanent green, sap green, ivory black, lamp black. Mediums: Gamsol, linseed oil.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 inches)
Process: I worked to create a composition in which point of view is much closer to the water's surface than in any of my reference photos (my own January 2022 photographs taken at Patagonia Lake in southeastern Arizona). Naples yellow is becoming one of my preferred pigments.
After Action Evaluation: (1) I'm more satisfied with the birds than with the water relections, where the values are decent but the overall perspective and strokes need work. (2) Cerulean blue added to the sky made for a hue mismatch with the water, where the only blue was French ultramarine. (3) A vertical compositions might add more reflection of the proximate shoveler and allow both birds to be closer to the shoreline grasses. (4) Permanent green, which I rarely use, worked perfectly for the iridescent green of the male.