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LANDSCAPE IN GREEN, ORANGE AND VIOLET

demo

1. GREEN MIXTURES: First

I experimented with color

mixtures. Mixing violet and

yellow can produce beautiful

greens, so I took six violets

and mixed each with two

different yellows. I came up

with greens ranging from a

cool blue-green to a warm,

orangey green. As always, I

suggest you experiment with

your own swatches.

2. PALETTE: From my

experiments, I chose a

foundation of two violets:

quinacridone violet (warm/

more red) and ultramarine

violet (cool/more blue). I

also selected two yellows:

Hansa yellow light (cool/

more blue) and Hansa

yellow deep (warm/more

red). I mixed Hansa yellow

light and ultramarine violet

to create a warm olive-

green. I mixed Hansa yel-

low deep and quinacridone

violet to get a warm red-

orange. This resulted in

four of my six colors con-

taining violet, ensuring a

harmonious palette.

3. UNDERPAINTING: I toned

the canvas with burnt sienna

to eliminate the white of the

surface and provide a warm

backdrop for the painting.

4. BLOCKING IN FOLIAGE:

Using my warm green and

ultramarine violet, I blocked

in the darkest darks of the

tree and vegetation. I then

blocked in the next, lighter

darks, using the same

mixture with a touch of

white added.

5. BLOCKING IN LAND

FORMS: Continuing the

block-in, I massed in

the dark values of rocks

and distant hills with

ultramarine violet.

6. BEGIN SKY AND LIGHTER

VALUES: Still working on

the block-in, I painted the

sky with ultramarine violet

and white. For my sunnier

green passages, I used warm

orange with warm green. For

the lightest values of the

rocks, I used warm orange

and white. I added touches

of warm violet to the rock

shadows.

Brushing Up

VIOLETS +

HANSA YELLOW DEEP

ultramarine ultramarine

violetviolet

dioxazine dioxazine

purplepurple

cobalt cobalt

violetviolet

manganese manganese

violetviolet

quinacridone quinacridone

violetviolet

quinacridone quinacridone

magentamagenta

VIOLETS

VIOLETS +

HANSA YELLOW LIGHT

I decided to paint a landscape with a limited

palette based on a triad of secondary colors:

green, orange and violet. The landscape is often

composed of these hues.

ultramarine

violet

quinacridone

violet

ultramarine violet +

Hansa yellow light

Hansa yellow

deep

Hansa yellow

light

quinacridone violet +

Hansa yellow deep

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