Abstract #2 - 2019

Oil

5x7

TBD

(See also the wiped version. Which do you like best?) Experimenting with a limited palette: Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Light, Primary Magenta Ultramarine Blue and Phthalo Green and Titanium White (all Cobra Water-mixable Oils). Cadmium Yellow is useful for all warms. Both reds often result in the same tones when adding white and even the purples are similar when adding Ultramarine Blue. The purple from the Magenta and Blue is more vivid than with Cad Red Light. Magenta results in a brighter pink when adding white. The Cad Red Light yields a more subtle warm grey when mixed appropriately with either UB or P Green. Could I live without one of these reds for landscapes? i will do a few studies to determine this. The Phthalo and Blue yield different shades of blue when adding white (the green becomes a paler blue green). They both make darks when adding the Magenta. Or even adding the CRL. I willl be posting the color charts based on these 5 colors shortly on my blog, karenhalbert.blogspot.com.