Green Onions on Blue - And Thoughts on Using Black Paint

 

"Green Onions on Blue" 

10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

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 Here's are the colors I used for this painting. You'll notice that I have black in there - in fact, I almost always have black on my palette. Rather than using it to paint black things, or to darken other colors, I treat it like a blue - a very dark, desaturated blue. Usually, I mix dark greens with it. 

 

I also used it to whip up that little preliminary value study, right in my sketchbook. Ten minutes of planning makes a huge difference in the finished product - oil sketches are a practice I highly recommend!

Workshop: it should be called Playshop

My painting from this morning. 6x6 inches,  primary palette, about 45 minutes
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 My new workshop got going this morning - it's called "Painting, Fast and Fun," and will be Mondays all month long. It's a great group, and we had a blast today - with no shortage of colorful subject matter, as you can see:

 

We did the 45-30-15 exercise that I did myself a few days ago, using a strictly Primary palette - and while there was a wee bit of stress in the air, some lovely work was made.

  

Two of the 45 minute paintings. Liz's on top and Phemie's below.

 I'm already looking forward to next Monday!