My First Nocturne

March 21, 2024March 20, 2024 | cathmary1030

I’ve had an 8×10 canvas lying around for months which I had toned with anthraquinone blue (PB60), and I had seen some nocturnes done by students in Acrylic University. So, inspired, I went through my own photos and found one I took in my backyard early in the Covid lockdown. It’s not the best reference, but it is certainly a nocturne!

I used dioxazine purple for the dark-shadowed house, and Liquitex Basics gray-blue with some black for the lighter wall. The sky is the anthraquinone blue, but also a mix of phthalo blue/ultramarine blue and white in varying shades around the moon.

More Clouds

February 16, 2024February 15, 2024 | cathmary1030

Since I’m on a cloud kick, I took some of my own photos of clouds, and am starting to paint some of them, focusing on keeping edges as soft as possible with acrylic paint. The blue sky is a mix of cerulean blue, ultramarine blue and some white. The trees were done in raw umber. 6×8 canvas panel.

Cloud Challenge #8 – Acrylic University

February 15, 2024February 11, 2024 | cathmary1030

This painting is the final one of Dianna Shyne’s “Cloud Challenge” at Acrylic University. It’s called “Silver Lining”. The sky is a mix of Cerulean Blue (PB35), Ultramarine Blue (PB29) and white. I find the Cerulean Blue (at least by this brand — Charvin — to be quite transparent, which was unexpected. 6×6 canvas panel.

Cloud Challenge #7 – Acrylic University

February 14, 2024February 11, 2024 | cathmary1030

This painting is called “Sunset Streaks” from Dianna Shyne’s “Cloud Challenge” at Acrylic University. I messed up because I spritzed the canvas panel ahead of time, and then I applied the blue over the wet orangey-yellow, which made a dark green rather than the blue I wanted. After it dried, though, the blue just didn’t work.. it needed to be a clean, clear blue.

Cloud Challenge #6 – Acrylic University

February 13, 2024February 11, 2024 | cathmary1030

Catching up on Dianna Shyne’s “Cloud Challenge” at Acrylic University. After the stormy clouds, this one is of a summer day. I enjoyed painting this one, although I think that the clouds are a bit too uniform — my mistake, not a fault in the reference photo. 6×6 canvas panel.

Cloud Challenge #5 – Acrylic University

February 11, 2024February 10, 2024 | cathmary1030

I haven’t been doing art for a few days now, as I’ve been under the weather. I’m still way behind on Dianna Shyne’s “Cloud Challenge” at Acrylic University. Today is a rainy day so it was perfect for painting the #5 cloud challenge, which is of storm clouds, and based on a photo the artist took. This was rather fun!

Cloud Challenge #4 – Acrylic University

February 1, 2024March 9, 2024 | cathmary1030

Today I got the email that Week 6’s cloud lesson is available… so I hustled to paint Week 4’s painting! So here is Week 4’s effort for Dianna Shyne’s “Cloud Challenge” at Acrylic University. The reference photo was for the setting sun’s rays breaking through the clouds. (I wish I could share, for comparison sake, but it’s a copyrighted photo by the artist.)

Cloud Challenge #3 – Acrylic University

January 31, 2024March 9, 2024 | cathmary1030

I’m getting behind on the cloud paintings, and remembering to post them! Here, for Week 3 of Dianna Shyne’s “Cloud Challenge” at Acrylic University, is my effort. The reference photo for this class was a sunset over a body of water.

Cloud Challenge #2 – Acrylic University

January 4, 2024January 7, 2024 | cathmary1030

Today, for Week 2 of Dianna Shyne’s “Cloud Challenge” at Acrylic University, the reference photo was a Tuscan sunset.

I repurposed a 6×6 canvas panel for this. My orange is a mixture of Pyrrole Red and Cad-Free Yellow Medium.

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