Trees, in Color

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Outdoors, fresh air.

Wandering through the woods.  Its lovely out there!  Inspiring.

I’ve combined two of my favorite things,  painting and nature….  trees.

 

Inspired

As I mentioned in my last post, zen strolls,  I’ve been working.

Creating.

Inspired by the trees, in color.

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Palette 1 for Tree Bark

 

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Palette 2

Watercolor Charts

Two Basic color charts in watercolor.

Easy.  And fun to do, well worth your time!

 

 

You only need 3 paints.

  1. cobalt blue pb28
  2. permanent rose pv19
  3. winsor lemon py175

 

Combining these 3 Paints, in various ratios & blends,  create wonderful new colors to use.

I’ve only shown these two charts, but I’ve created over 200 mixes from the 3 paints.

 

The color mixes shown, are  great for trees, bark, foliage, branches, and earth.

For more, on Color Mixing,  see color mixing foliage,   browns,  color  mastery, charts.

 

 

 

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Zen Stroll

Zen Stroll  – The inspiration.

 

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a beautiful morning – another inspiration

 

From Inspiration, to studio and the processes.

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a quick demo  – Ink over watercolor washes

 

The unifying line work created by the ink,  brings the image together as well as helps to emphasize the texture of the bark in this quick demo piece.

 

 

Contrasts

In Art, its all about Contrast.

 

Showing one demo example of “rough” texture is good;  but showing the opposite,  is even better.

 

Below: the silky, fluid washes flow downwards as the pale golden colors stream towards earth.

Its appearance of smoothness, of silken soft bark,  is in direct contrast to the “rough textured” image above.

 

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Tree trunk – a study of smoothness – charging technique

 

 

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Dry Brush Technique for  rough  bark

 

 

What’s Next!?

I’m thinking…..

 

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The act of creation, in any media is a fascinating and magical process. I simply love to create. Expressing in color, line, tone, texture - as if, they were words upon a page. Creating a uniquely me, interpretation. Enjoy More of my "one-of-a-kind" expressive art at society6.com/debiriley and, redbubble.com/people/debijriley/shop

16 thoughts on “Trees, in Color”

    1. I understand. But….. you Will. Get there! art is a skill. skills can be learned. skills can be practiced….. & with practice, Mastered.
      And, seriously – always Maureen, look for evidence of progress in your work: from your #1 image to #10, to #15, #20, to #30, #40 🙂 cheers, Debi

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  5. I love the colour charts Debi – I especially like the more textured shades. And your trees are lovely – the rough and the smooth! Inspirational… !

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  8. Enjoying your zen stroll in nature posts. Love seeing your color palette mix for the tree bark, beautiful color combinations. Ive always found comfort and inspiration from daily walks.

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