Donna Pierce-Clark Fine Art

  YELLOW DOCK 11 x 14" Oil ~~~ Yellow Dock went through a few changes!  My palette "en plein air" (on sight) for beginning this painting was basic. The less I have to carry out into the field is best. Less weighty! Paints weigh more than any other thing I take with me! Titanium White (Gamblin) Cadmium Yellow Lemon (Gamblin) Permanent Red Medium (Rembrandt) Ultramarine Blue Deep (any brand) Naples Yellow Deep (Rembrandt) Cold Gray (Rembrandt) ~~~ Unfortunately, I had left my bright yellow (Cadmium Yellow Lemon) at home! This is a strong, bright, opaque yellow. This particular yellow is strong and mixes great greens; however, the only yellow I had with me was Naples Yellow Deep which is not bright, and very transparent, so when mixed with other colors, Naples Yellow Deep barely affects the other color. So, unfortunately, when I wanted to mix a nice green, I could only mix very blue-greens. No green trees! No green water. 😞 I began my session as always: I took a photo and ...

  EARLY AUTUMN ON PEW ISLAND 11 x 14" Oil ~~~ The trees are just beginning to change; however, I'm not sure if this is due to the quickly approaching Fall season, or if these early whispers of autumn are actually a result of the current drought we are experiencing in this part of Ohio. What do you think? When I looked out across the channel toward the lake,  my eyes were particularly drawn to the colors of the leaves on the far trees.  I saw touches of orange!  I've been noticing these changes where we live also.  So, I mixed these colors: several greens,  some sky & water colors: blue and pale yellow  AND some of that orange I was seeing! ~~~  ~~~ As I normally do, I started with a photo of the scene  overlaid with grid lines and the 4 dots to indicate where those grid lines crossed. ~~~ As I began applying these mixes.  my intention was to emphasize those lovely trees, and to  purposefully downplay the sky and water.  So,...