VENTURA HARBOR I
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| 12x12 oil on gessobord Click here to purchase I love coastal living but here I am in the beautiful desert of New Mexico Within one month I have attended two workshops: one with Leslie Saeta and the other with Dreama Tolle Perry. Their style of painting couldn't be much different, yet I love them both, style and subject matter. I painted "VENTURA HARBOR I" with Leslie, en plein air, palette knife only. We were set up so that the sun was not a bother. Leslie uses a limited palette of five colors plus white: Cad Yellow Med, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green and Sap Green. On the day we painted the ocean color didn't demand use of Phthalo Green though I have seen it used in many paintings, especially in the ocean paintings of Sorolla I recently saw in Dallas. The colors I used to get the above ocean color were Alizarin Crimson and Ultramarine Blue (for a bit of purple), Sap Green and Cad Yellow Medium. Yes, I am in love with harbor scenes and boats. My Pinterest website has a board of gorgeous ship, harbor and ocean paintings. You really should see it here. My plan is to continue this thread of painting and I have already scheduled two weeks of painting in Maine, in Andrew Wyeth country near Rockland. |
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| A photo of what I was seeing in Ventura Harbor You can see I zoomed in and greatly simplified my painting. |
Carol, you are an inspiration! I will be taking a plein aire workshop in June by Morgan Samuel Price. Hoping to expand my painting knowledge. I always look forward to you posts. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing Laura. Honestly I often wonder if any of my blog posts are read.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful drawing of boats! The colors of the sky and water are yummy too!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness Kim. Can you imagine how much I had (have) to learn about drawing boats, their reflections, and painting water? I see none of that here in NM; hence I am spending a couple of weeks in ME on the coast.
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