Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Stems of the Iceland Poppy

Now I am moving into the background to paint the stems; 
I glazed the stem with a transparent yellow while the pigment is wet, I then add in pure burnt sienna, to enhance some of the reds in the stem. For the shadow side of the stem a mixture of winsor green (blue shade) and burnt sienna. The light side and dark side will help create the roundness of each stem.

3 comments:

  1. Joyce this looks fantastic. I love this progress and thank you for sharing which colours and why you use them.

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  2. Hi Joyce, this is looking really good. Question...do you most always use WN green (BS) in your greens? Don't think I ever remember using the RS. And yes, thanks for posting the colors.

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  3. Hi Mollie
    I do always use Winsor Green (BS) it is a green that blends so well with the rest of my palette.

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