Above is a September plein air work now hanging in its new Orleans, MA home. It's an example of me using my full palette of 8 colors plus a neutral gray and a neutral buff. Here's the view of my setup and the painting block-in. I was on-site for four days and developed several works. Each day the weather and the skies were different! An artist's dream (or nightmare).
Right now, I'm working on several commissions and one in particular has been great fun. The final work will be a 40"x40" oil painting of a sailboat race that was fogged in, creating a wonderful mood and memory for the clients. We talked about the neutral aspect of fog and how it might be represented in various tonal palettes, since color or tone each create different effects.
These are sketches and I was more interested in the palette combinations than real draftsmanship at this stage. Here are results of the studies which are each about 5"x5".
 |
| 7 colors plus neutral gray and buff titanium |
 |
| 7 Colors plus thalo green, neutral gray & neutral buff titanium |
 |
| Burnt sienna & chromatic black plus white on yellow ochre |
 |
| Golden ochre, burnt sienna & chromatic black plus white Here's a closer look at my 2 preferred images! We'll see what the client selects! What would you pick? |
 |
| The only-grays palette: tube to the left, mixed to the right |
 |
| Completely tonalist using 3 tube grays and 3 mixed grays |
Posts
