So after a few days of hanging on the wall I decided this piece wasn’t quite finished yet-
This is probably one of the reasons I rarely paint anymore- they just never quite seem finished- and the more I glance at a piece as I walk by the more little details start to bug me. With sculptures once they are done they are done.
Anyway- when I was editing pics for the last post on this painting I thought it looked awfully cool in tone- over time it just started to look cold – it didn’t pop. So…
I went over the sides with a thin glaze of Transparent Brown Oxide- sort of muddled that into the “reservoir”- this provided a warm, orange-brown contrast to the cool ultramarine and turquoise hues. Then very carefully glazed portions of the blue areas with Nickle Azo Gold- turning them into a bright glassy green- and giving some added variety to the viridian and blue hues. Now it pops 😊
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wow! magnifique, j’aime beaucoup le contraste du bleu et du rose!
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Merci beaucoup 😊 Et moi aussi!
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Good move!
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Merci beaucoup 🙏 yes the reddish brown really makes the cool greens and turquoise glow 😊
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I quite like it with the blue background, it makes it feel like it’s at the bottom of the ocean. But yes, it does pop more with the tan background.
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Yeah I was going back and forth on this one- but I just went with it- applied the brown glaze- and I’m glad I did-now it looks like the ocean breaking through a desert.
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