Australian native tree colours are mostly low chroma cool grey greens! We will learn how to mix these colours from our Basic Palette.
Here are some examples Three Sisters: Atmospheric Perspective in the Blue Mountains, a scene in the Blue Mountains, about 90 minutes drive west of Sydney.
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From Three Sisters: Atmospheric Perspective in the Blue Mountains. |
Here is a selection of Monet landscapes which feature poppies (Fr. coquelicot).
Poppy field near Argenteuil, 1873 | PAINT THIS
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Walk in the Meadows at Argenteuil, 1873
Explore the subtle colours of a landscape in these iconic Monet.
Paint this charming scene of Monet's first wife Camille, as you see how warm and cool colours work in sunlight and shade.
In each lesson we use colour analysis charts I have created, showing the main colours in the scene.
Colour analysis of our Dee Why paintings.
© Peter Inglis 2018
In nature there is potentially an infinite range of subtle colours and tones. Of course we can't mix "infinite"... or we'd take forever!
So what I have done is analyse the most important colours in the scene. Then we can blend using brush stroke techniques and glazes to create as many gradations of colour and tone as we feel the painting needs.
Look at the foam at the bottom left of the scene.
We know foam is white?
Right?
It turns out that particular foam is actually a light blue!
Even in the foam on the main wave there is very little white, we actually find a lot of warm tones reflecting the sunset.
