MIXED GREENS
22"x15" Transparent Watercolor
I decided to title this "Mixed Greens" because the painting was done to showcase how one can mixed their greens rather than buying tons of pre-mixed tubes of greens and using them directly. Although I did use some greens (like MG Azo and DS Undersea), I mixed them with phthalo blue and ultramarine blue, as well as new gamboge... for a more cohesive family of greens. Azo makes a fabulous, bright green when mixed with phthalo... and Undersea adds that dark, granular hue when trying to mix a dark green. Of course my "black" standby (Permanent Alizarin and Phthalo Green RS) is also a good mixture to darken your mixed greens. Still, I think I achieved a wide variety of greens using a limited palette. Pops of warm greens were used in the cooler areas and hits of cool greens were added in the warmer areas for balance.
3 comments:
This is stunning!! Was interesting seeing the phases.
This is stunning Debbie! Green is such a hard color to use without it being unreal looking. You've created beautiful nuances of the color and the result is fantastic. Thank you for sharing your color mixes.
I love Daniel Smith's Undersea Green and found I could approximate it with Marine Blue (Holbein) and Quinacridone Gold. Your mixed greens are exciting and harmonious at the same time. Wonderful!
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