Studio Time

Yesterday was a matter of filling in the blanks, adding some color, rebuilding and modeling the forms and so on.

Colors are Winsor Newton’s viridian blended with Rembrandt’s cadmium yellow, The blues are Winsor Newton’s French ultramarine with varying percentages of titanium white. The shadows are just ultramarine scrubbed over the greys as well as in to a few other places. I’ll be blending more greys back into that, as well as shadowing with a bit of violet. I want to see what sort of paint effects I can come up with on the “wall” areas.

The reds are, um… “reinforced” with Winsor Newton’s cadmium red deep blended to Rembrandt’s cadmium red light.

Frankly, I’m thinking the greens are a bit harsh and the whole thing sort of reminds me of Christmas. I’ll be toning things down and adding some paint effects throughout. I’m thinking along the lines of a summer scene… moderately bright, saturated colors… clear, sunny skies, all that.