Landscape in Blue

Landscape in Blue.

Lone tree rising, somber. Where, is the foliage?

landscapes in blue monochrome, mountain and tree in the landscape, somber and quiet mood in art, printmaking styles for beginners, debiriley.com — A Lone Tree, rising against the stark blue bluff

Monoprinting in Blue

While this is not really a recent work, the monoprint was done in the past 24 months.

Our class topic at the time was on using color and line, format, and subject placement to create a ‘feeling’ that would be clear and evident for viewers to identify.

I created, a somber nearly desolate feeling in this landscape.

While working the process that day I finished quite a number of monoprints.

Some were florals, some animals & people – which you have seen.

And then this one, which you haven’t seen.

Blue Ink

I chose to use only the blue ink and hand printing on a pale creamy paper.

The paper wasn’t pure white.

I thought, I might temper the starkness… just a little.

The solitary tree rising, carries with it a feeling of not just aloneness, but also the sense of barrenness.

There is no foliage in sight.

Where, did all the foliage go we wonder?

Where are the other trees?

And, then, the next thought our minds consider, might be:

“Is this tree still alive? Still struggling? Or is it finished?”

The prints you have previously seen:

arabian horse print indigo debiriley.com — Lines in Indigo Blue monoprint….. debiriley.com (c)

Dream Horse in Blue, mono print debiriley.com — Dream Horse in Blue – Monoprint debiriley.com (c)

monotype, indigo fields, debiriley.com — Evening… Indigo Fields – debiriley.com

monotype painting, woman, calmness, debiriley.com — just for a Moment – Close your eyes……..

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floral rose monotype, simplicity, zen minimalism, red white and blue palette, debiriley.com — Red Roses, Blue Vase – monoprint process debiriley.com (c)

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8 thoughts on “Landscape in Blue”

The foliage is still coming on the tree in the first picture. The last picture, of the vase, has dogs in it, right? A blue dog sitting down. It has a red head and is holding the other two dogs up on his/her shoulder. Did you do that on purpose or am I crazy?

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debiriley says:

21/02/2018 at 1:29 am

lol, not on purpose! and no you are not nuts, but you do have the kind of creativity I love to see in my students in class!!

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