30″x60″ PLACITA IN WINTER (Work in Progress – Underpainting) — Color notes: Most of the color mixtures are done using MG Fast Drying White. Sky: Payne’s Grey, Prussian Blue. Mountains: Combinations of Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna as darkest colors; lighter shades with Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Yellow Ochre. Snow: Lightest areas MG mixed with a little Cad. Red and Cad. Yellow. Shadows: Payne’s Grey — Some Dioxazine Purple. Light Trees: Mud mixture with some Holbein Rose Grey. MUD: At the end of the day bring all the color mixtures together in one pile with your palette knife — create “mud” — use as a transitional color in the painting. ENJOY! DC |