Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Cloudy Experiments

I have this lovely mental image of rich and stormy clouds with a setting sun burning through, all this taking place on the lake. Well, there's imagery, and then there's execution... :-)



But the real intent any way was to explore what happens to grays juxtaposed with orange, using that same limited palette. Well, maybe those grays pull a bit towards blue but I expected stronger results. I'm going to sleep on this...





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  1. gretchenSeptember 23, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    These remind me so much of the work of Charles Burchfield:
    http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/CharlesBurchfield
    Check out google images for more of his watercolors; there are some that look like he used the same limited palette as you have used here!
    ~ gretchen

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  2. KatharineSeptember 23, 2010 at 6:46 PM

    On a bus back home the other day I caught side of a cloudy sunset in which a huge cumulonimbus was internally illuminated by an infernal red glow. The resulting colour was indescribable. Between the lights and darks and oranges and purples, the best I could conclude was that it was a beige sort of middling cadmium lilac. But looking at the smoky orange you have between clouds here I think it may be that ...

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  3. JohnSeptember 23, 2010 at 8:18 PM

    Thanks for the references, Gretchen. He was one interesting gentleman. Handprint has a wonderful article:
    http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/artist27.html

    His b/w trees remind me of nearby ancient locusts.

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  4. JohnSeptember 23, 2010 at 8:27 PM

    I so struggled with my attempts at clouds. Later in the evening I realized that I had never "seen" clouds. How often do I look at my surroundings without really seeing... I will now be seen simply looking up, with and without a camera. :-)

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