Donna Clair

Southwest Contemporary Artist

24″x96″ Original Oil – PEDERNAL (Work in Progress – Diptych)

 Studio #1611- “PEDERNAL” 24″x96″ Diptych (Work in Progress – the Glazes) — Thinning my oil colors with my painting medium (after letting the underpainting dry for at least a week to ten days), I cover the underpainting with glazes – transparent and semi-transparent colors.  Trees: Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and some Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  […]

24″x96″ PEDERNAL – WORK IN PROGRESS (THE GLAZES)

8/23/11 – PEDERNAL – 24″x96″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Work in Progress – The Glazes.  This is a diptych – the canvases are put together now so that I can have uniform colors in the glazes between the two canvases.  I previously said I would work on these canvases separately and discovered that is […]

24″x96″ PEDERNAL – Work in Progress

STUDIO #1411- PEDERNAL – 24″x96″ Work in Progress – Sky: Deep bright violet underpainting.  Blue:  Permalba White, Thalo Blue, some Indanthrone Blue with a touch of ochre.  Dry Brush!  Clouds: Permalba White – touch of Cadmium Yellow with tiny bit of Cadmium Red.

24″x96″ Oil Painting – “PEDERNAL” Work in Progress (Underpainting)

23 July 2011 – PEDERNAL – 24″X96″ Diptych – Work in Progress – The Underpainting.  Toned Ground:  Gesso mixed with Payne’s Grey.  Underpainting: All colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Fast Drying White — Sky:  Diox. Purple.  Distant Mountains:  Indanthrone Blue and Prussian Blue  Earth Colors:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow.  […]