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Coloured tones

June 19, 2016 by Lin Kerr 3 Comments

Open Parrot Tulip 70cm x 50cm, oils on birch panel
Open Parrot Tulip 70cm x 50cm, oils on birch panel

I was feeling very uncertain about the background of The Open Parrot Tulip. Originally it was going to be BLACK, 17thC Dutch still-life style. Yet I could not quite bring myself to use this dramatic but rather dead ‘colour’. While out for my walk I saw beautiful burgundy foliage, but what stopped me in my tracks was an almost black shrub which only showed a hint of colour in the dappled light.

And as you can see, that was my answer!

I made the dark background colour using W&N Phthalo Green (this name makes me stutter!), which is an intense blueish green and W&N Alizarin Crimson, then varying small amounts of Mars black.

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Comments

  1. Alice says

    June 20, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    Wow, that is stunning!

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  2. Bev says

    June 20, 2016 at 4:37 pm

    Lovely: colours are touchable. Velvety.

    Reply
    • Linda Kerr says

      June 20, 2016 at 4:47 pm

      Thanks Bev! And thank you for visiting my new blog-site!

      Reply

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