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| "She Who Hesitates" Artist: Cindi Moynahan-Foreman My first plein air abstract |
The rules I had set for myself before starting that day were designed to take me as far out of my comfort zone as possible:
- Use Phthalo Blue (green shade) PB15 (COOL ) and no Indanthrene Blue PB60 (WARM). This rule for the day because I am not fond of Phthalo blue...it's too overwhelming and Indanthrene blue is easier and safer.
- Use grey formula #2: Quinacridone Magenta PR122 + Phthalo Green yellow shade + Titanium White. My go to grey formula (the easiest) is Burnt umber + Indanthrene blue + Titanium white
- Use a black gessoed board. I couldn't imagine how a transparent colour palette would work on black gesso?
- Chalk the sketch and do not paint over the chalk (chalk to be washed off later under the tap to reveal the black lines) Solid blocks of colour with no gradations whatsoever!
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| My french easel with the black gessoed board |
I described the scene in my art journal, " Interesting log with woodpecker holes, in foreground there is a beautiful rock - smooth red/green and a gorgeous Georgian Bay white pine on the left....lots of underbrush."
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| My notes |
I would love to try this exercise again without making some of the same mistakes that I made this time.
For example, in my notes you can see that I stopped and started many times on this. I had created a value sketch and then converted it to a colour block sketch (top right) and I then developed the painting from there. I stopped and started several times. (Thus the name for the painting "She Who Hesitates")
Folks who liked this painting said it reminded them of the works of Norval Morriseau which I take to be a great compliment!
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| Photograph of the location |
"She Who Hesitates"
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