The Painting of "Red Fusion"
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The Painting of “Red Fusion”
This is the first painting in a series I hope to do using a single color family combined with black, white and gray. This is a variation on a monochromatic color combination. In a monochromatic combination you would use only one color plus black and white.
I am using a very limited palette for this painting:
GOLDEN Heavy Body Acrylic colors:
Light Magenta
Pink (custom mixture of Light Magenta, Medium Magenta and Titanium White)
Medium Magenta
Quinacridone Magenta
Cadmium Red Medium Hue
Neutral Gray 4
Neutral Gray 6
Mars Black
Titanium White
Marabu Art Crayons:
Rose Pink
Flesh
Pomegranate
Raspberry
I begin by putting in a few middle value gray shapes using Neutral Gray 4, 6 and Mars Black. These initial shapes get me into the painting process. Students always ask, “What are you thinking right now?” I try not to think about anything other than shape, value and color. I have done well over a thousand abstract paintings (maybe even closer to 2 thousand), so most of what I am doing when painting is simply intuitive.
It’s hard to explain, but I just let the brush do its thing. I’m not thinking about any specific composition. I am letting the painting evolve naturally, especially at first when everything is nebulous. Once I get a few shapes and colors in, I begin looking at how the shapes fit together and the values work together.
Another thing I try hard to do is mix my colors together across the shapes. I see many students who segregate their colors, and then ask how to blend the edges between those segregated color blocks. My process is more organic. I just mix the colors together as I put them in, thus integrating all the colors and shapes in the painting. I usually don’t have to worry too much about blending an edge, because that happens naturally as the paint is applied. Again, this approach comes from many paintings done over many years.
I realized after reviewing the video that the camera was not in the best location, and my body and head get in the way of you viewing some of the painting - sorry about that.
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