I first saw the pictures of this modern English artist in the Artist’s Magazine. I was greatly impressed with his technique and freshness of his works. His watercolors and oil paintings are inimitable. It is something fascinating when you look at the breathful marine water and see the reflection of the sky in his picture “Rocky Cove”:
Rocky Cove, Lleyn Peninsula, Oil on Board
Canal Moorings, Venice, watercolor
Hello everybody! Welcome to my blog!
Here I’m going to share with you all my recent news, discoveries, ideas, some thoughts related to art or anything else, write about something that interests me.
Starting my first message for this blog, I have the same feeling of a slight confusion, which often possesses me, when I want to begin a new work and look at a completely blank canvas. There is not a single line or spot on it yet… It can be my best work in future or just a failed try to paint something worth-while. I’m full of doubts… My best way to handle this feeling of confusion is to squeeze some oil paints out of the tubes. It always fascinates me when I look at the palette full of my favourite paints and feel their special smell. I slightly touch them with the brush. Then I forget about everything extrinsic and begin to work. It doesn’t matter what I achieve in result — the process becomes the most significant and adsorbing… So my palette is my underlying support and foundation for the creative process.
In my first post, I’d like to describe my palette. All colours I use are Saint Petersburg Masterclass Fine Artists oils. I’m pleased with their accessible price and high quality. There are several palette colors, which always exist in my palette, and some optional colors, which I sometimes use for a specific work.
Standard palette colors:
• zinc white
• cadmium lemon
• cadmium yellow medium
• cadmium red deep or light
• alizarin crimson
• yellow ochre
• raw and burnt siena
• burnt umber
• mars brown deep
• ultramarine blue
• cobalt green deep.
Optional colors:
• gold ochre
• red ochre
• sap green
• cobalt blue
• phthalocyanine blue
• ceruleum blue
• mars black.
Most of all, I adore ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson. You can receive lots of wonderful mixings with these colors. Ultramarine+alizarin crimson will provide you with a very saturated dark color. I often use ultramarine+mars brown deep for the darkest parts of a picture.