The Painting of "Pieces of a Dream"

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The Painting of "Pieces of a Dream"

I decided to do things differently in this video. I normally would edit the video to a length of between 4-6 minutes and add music. This time I decided to provide an almost unedited, uncut video showing in real time how long it took to do the painting. The only thing I edited out was a couple segments where I looked at the painting for a couple of minutes during the painting process (to check my shapes and values). There is no music, so feel free to listen to your own while you watch. I thought you might enjoy a different approach.

The colors used for this video are the following Golden Heavy Body Acrylics:

  • Benzimidazalone Yellow Light

  • Yellow Ochre

  • Pyrrole Orange

  • Medium Magenta

  • Quinacridone Magenta

  • Ultramarine Blue

  • Cobalt Violet

  • Teal

  • Cobalt Turquoise

  • Neutral Gray 6

  • Titanium White

I wanted this painting to very neutralized (not as bright) as many of the paintings I do, so there was lots of work to do on the palette prior to painting. I also wanted less contrast than I typically have in a painting. I am utilizing a triadic color combo of red-violet (dominant), blue-green (non-dominant) and yellow-orange (accent). - although honestly the red-violet sorta comes off as the accent.

I used the complements of all the colors to reduce the intensity, then I added some Neutral Gray 6 if needed, and lots of white paint (white also reduces the intensity of most colors). It took longer to mix the colors than it did to do the painting. When you have a color direction and you know how you will appropriate the colors in the painting (dominant, non-dominant, accent), then most of the color work is done before painting. This leaves very few color decisions to make as you paint, which is a good thing.

You can see the rest, so no description is necessary. Let me know if you have any questions.

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David

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