Close ups
Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.
This is my contribution to The Color of Blue Challenge at DPW presented by the super talented Qiang Huang. He instructed; Do a painting with a blue object as the center of focus. High key (light value dominant) is preferred. Please try not to use red and oranges to contrast, but still make the blue color look clean, and pop.
This was an interesting challenge...Thank you Qiaing!
Never realized how much ya really miss the complements until ya can't use them. Something like missing the water when the well runs dry.
Hope I didn't bend the rules by that background looking sorta orange-y . It's made up of yellow ochre plus a touch of purple to gray it. It's a camera thing.
Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com
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1 Chronicles 16:8 “Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.”
Hi Dean. When I first saw it, I couldn't understand why there were no complements. Now I know. :) That IS a difficult challenge, and I think you have answered it wonderfully!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathryn. Glad you think that I succeeded. I would love to have done this on a canvas that was toned red! :)
DeleteBeautifully done Dean, I love the blue and yellow ochre that complement each other.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steinunn! I was concerned the ochre background looked a bit orange...which was a no no according to the rules.
DeleteWhat a lovely blue bird!! He reminds me of a dove or a pigeon but I don't know the various bird breeds.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually a Mountain Bluebird indigenous to the West Coast.
DeleteThe Eastern Bluebird has a rust colored breast.
Love this guy! He just sings right off the page!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pam...Love your comment!
DeleteYou've done a great job on this little guy. Love the expression on his face.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lokelani. I like doing close up portrait like works on animals.
ReplyDeleteGreat painting Dean! What a fun challenge this is.
ReplyDeletea really interesting project...I like your solution--great job!
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