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Friday, April 8, 2011

After having plodded along for ages…


oil on board 8"x10"
 It was painted for DPW challenge of this week.I wanted to do a quick painting, and, as often, I reworked, and reworked..
As I wanted to use several purples ( I am usually inclined to give this color to  my roads ) , I did a golden acrylic under painting.I changed a lot of times the trees in the background: at the beginning they were too strong, then too pale…I wanted to use a recipe with French ultramarine, violet, viridian, white, before noticing at the end that my green was not a viridian(which is an equal combination of blue and green), so the result was not what I expected.
My(other) bête noire was the tree in the foreground, I have to learn about those trees!
In  any case, I had fun to paint that.
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5 comments:

  1. BarbaraApril 8, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    I think it's gorgeous.

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  2. learn oil paintingApril 11, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    nice painting...Daniel

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  3. Virginia FloydApril 11, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    This is lovely, Sylviane! I really like the contrast between the deep shadows and the bright sunlight. The shadows are beautiful.

    I understand about the painting not matching the vision in your head!

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  4. SYLVIANEApril 11, 2011 at 10:48 PM

    Thank's, and sorry for the bad picture..

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  5. Shirley FachillaApril 12, 2011 at 4:06 AM

    Though it may not match the vision in your head and though you may have reworked it many times, the end result is a very lovely painting with great atmosphere and mood.

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