I typically choose to paint bright, sun-drenched plein air venues; however, I decided that I wanted to use lots of blues and purples for a change. Combining these thoughts with my love of wildflowers, I began this painting with the purplish-blue background in different cool shades of acrylic. Greens came next, as I blocked in the naturally growing wildflowers from a close-up perspective in this extraordinarily colorful field.
Eventually, I did add a few golden colors to warm it up a bit, but I wanted the overall effect to be inspired from a primarily cool palette.
Wildflowers under Cloudy Skies
24" x 30"
Acrylic
Acrylic
I really like the way purple and green work together. I think that I shall try more challenges in this color scheme, with energetic brushstrokes to enhance the "loose-ness" of style.
This painting actually took 2 days to complete, as I had to allow some drying before finishing the details of the flowers to circumvent that yucky "muddy" effect.
Again, thanks for looking!
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