Even though the temperature is soaring, it kinda feels like the edge of autumn to me.
Anywhoo, I had "girls night" over here the other day and got some very positive remarks from my friends when they spied this on the easel. One of them said when she retired she wanted to take up painting. That felt "too late" to me. I'm scrambling to learn as much as I can now. For example: Manufacturers of pigments use the word hue e.g. 'Cadmium Yellow (hue)' to indicate that the original pigmentation ingredient, often toxic, has been replaced by safer (or cheaper) alternatives whilst retaining the hue of the original. Replacements are often used for chromium, cadmium and alizarin.
I was unhappy with a tube of cadmium yellow paint that (sure enough) read (hue) on its label.
Hm. Buyer beware (or at least be knowledgeable.) Again with the yellow!
Oil painting on board 8x8" Available for sale at my Etsy shop.
Cheers all!
Karen
So masterfully painted Karen, I love the hard and soft edges that bring the eye into focus around the birdhouse and then the foliage!! Yellow is such a difficult colour to work with because of its transparency so if the quality is not good it makes it even harder.
ReplyDeleteThank you Azra and you are so right about the transparency factor.
DeleteLove your greens and negative space. What is your Etsy shop called.
ReplyDeleteThank you Moo. I need to get this blog up to speed so my Etsy can be found!
DeleteLove this, it's really wonderful. and thank you for the HUE explanation!
ReplyDeletehahah! I'm doing my best to spread the information around to all corners of the globe!
DeleteHi Karen! Love this birdhouse and the title is adorable - I'm imagining a robin real estate agent wearing tiny sensible heels. ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, waiting til retirement is too long a wait. This way we'll be ahead of the game that glorious day when we actually have time to paint!