My initial goal was to present a workable and engaging composition of small, light colored "boxes" against a nondescript background. I started with gray and blue gray, but found it too lifeless. This deeper blue back gound works to bring the focus forward to the yellow rectangle in the upper left. The rest of the elements are placed and colored to draw the eye to that point and then to move it throughout the painting.
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| Quiet Patterns |
This painting developed into the idea of the focal area on the lower left with repeating colors and values leading to the lower right and then to the upper right. With my decision to keep the composition quiet, I chose a palette that eliminated all the red and lavender pigments so the all I am using is azo yellow, Prussian blue, and phthalo green with white.
Morning in the Dunes Acrylic on canvas panel 8x10 Behind the beach at Talbot Island, the dunes march away one behind the other. No clear pa...
