Of Painting and Smoke
Well, the wildfire smoke is back again, 
with a vengeance. Today it was worse than ever because there is a cloud cover holding all the smoke in. It is supposed to rain, but nothing so far. This photo shows how colorless the sky is.
When the sun did show through the clouds briefly, it cast a sickly yellow glare over everything. (In the next photo, you might be able to see a yellowish glare over my easel and painting.)
Nevertheless, as much to distract myself from the smoke effects as to simply paint, I managed to paint most of the day. I've named my newest painting (not yet done) "Saturday Morning Rehearsal at the Britt."
It's coming along. I'll post the final results once I finish it and have it scanned.
I find that working with a color chart helps me immensely as I paint. All my watercolors I've listed on a chart, broken down into 5 basic color columns: yellows, reds, browns, greens, and blues. I write the name/brand of each, then place a sample of the raw paint - undiluted and diluted.
This is a great point of reference when trying to choose just the right color for a certain application. Even so, most of the colors I use are used with another color or more than one, in order to achieve just the right hue.
with a vengeance. Today it was worse than ever because there is a cloud cover holding all the smoke in. It is supposed to rain, but nothing so far. This photo shows how colorless the sky is.
When the sun did show through the clouds briefly, it cast a sickly yellow glare over everything. (In the next photo, you might be able to see a yellowish glare over my easel and painting.)
Nevertheless, as much to distract myself from the smoke effects as to simply paint, I managed to paint most of the day. I've named my newest painting (not yet done) "Saturday Morning Rehearsal at the Britt."
It's coming along. I'll post the final results once I finish it and have it scanned.I find that working with a color chart helps me immensely as I paint. All my watercolors I've listed on a chart, broken down into 5 basic color columns: yellows, reds, browns, greens, and blues. I write the name/brand of each, then place a sample of the raw paint - undiluted and diluted.
This is a great point of reference when trying to choose just the right color for a certain application. Even so, most of the colors I use are used with another color or more than one, in order to achieve just the right hue.
Labels: Britt Music Festival, color chart, smoke sensitivity, watercolors
posted by Shannon Ryan at
7:08 PM
4 Comments:
Like your Blog, especially the combo of art and parrots. I'm a writer, live with 3 parrots (all rescues), and do ATC/ACEOs.
Joan (DancesWithParrots.blogspot.com)
Hi Joan, Glad to meet you. Thank you very much! When I have time tonight after work, I look forward to checking out your blog. Cheers!
Thanks for showing some of the behind-the-scenes of your work. I was thinking about you (and DweezelJazz and Mary Hughes, the only artists I "know") while in the art galleries last week on vacation. I am just in awe of the talent you 3 have -- some of the stuff you've done is much better than some of the stuff hanging on the walls of the museums!
Also it inspired me to get out my pastels again even though I have no talent. Thinking about trying to do some painting, but not sure if I want to embarrass myself just yet :)
Ah, gee, thanks, Mary. I sometimes think that realistic painting goes in and out of vogue, but I really like it and that's what I'm drawn to do, so that's that.
Pastels are wonderful. You probably have a lot more talent than you think... My mother, with no strong artistic talent to begin with, has done some fabulous pastels using her non-dominant hand. She began doing this with an art therapist, and she got really good, so she continued doing pastels with her non-dominant hand. They are lovely.
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