WORK IN PROGRESS – DIAS DE ORO – THE GLAZES
Today I worked some glazes into the right side of the painting — these transparent colors – Burnt sienna, alizarin crimson, and yellow ochre (thinned to a transparency with the painting medium) in the autumn trees. The pinons at the top of the canvas: Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for the darkest values, with some chrome Oxide Green Opaque in the lighter areas.
I am adding this post today to focus on the contrast between the glazes on the right and the underpainting on the left side of the painting — these dark colors not only help to emphasize the light of the final opaque colors, but they add a richness to all the colors. If you really look at Renaissance paintings — those dark colors are glazes — observe how they make the lights appear lighter!
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