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Sep 2, 2020
Media: Acrylic gessobord
Size: 6x12 in
I was reading about different approaches to capturing light in landscape painting yesterday. Using gold as a metaphor of light was mentioned as one of them with an example painting by Sue Charles (@suecharlesstudio; https://www.instagram.com/p/BRT7tXngGSl). I suddenly remembered a set of weird paints I had had for a long time but had never used. The set contains both gold and silver paints (in one of the photos). I decided to do a little experiment. I under painted a board with cadmium orange, however, I do not think it made any difference in the long run as the subsequent layers of the gold paint covered the underpainting completely without any hints of transparency. Next, I painted the whole board with gold paint. It took six thin layers to achieve more or less uniform coverage. After that I painted the rest of the painting leaving the brightest spots unpainted. If mixed with a bit of white the gold paint gets visually brighter but loses its characteristic "golden" reflectivity. This creates an interesting effect which can be seen on the water in the foreground. From the front the areas painted with white-gold mix look brighter, but from an angle area painted with the "pure gold" reflect more light. As I concentrated on the technique, I made my life easier by copying the painting's composition from "Venice at sunset" by Edward William Cooke. It is not an accurate copy of the original though. All in all, the final result is quite striking . If viewed from the front the gold paint is not much different from a warm cadmium orange-yellow. However, from an angle the painting looks most unusual indeed.
An original acrylic painting on an unframed handmade hardboard panel primed with gesso. Depending on the calibration of viewer's monitor, colours may vary. The painting is gloss varnished. Consider buying several paintings from my gallery at the same time. I can combine them for shipping reducing the total cost of the purchase. If you want to do so, send me a message. I will reserve the painting you like for you and will provide an alternative payment instruction (PayPal).I ship out orders within 1-3 business days. I use Royal Mail Tracked International service for orders from overseas and Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm for deliveries within the UK. I provide Royal Mail tracking numbers on all orders. Please feel free to contact me for any questions.
I was reading about different approaches to capturing light in landscape painting yesterday. Using gold as a metaphor of light was mentioned as one of them with an example painting by Sue Charles (@suecharlesstudio; https://www.instagram.com/p/BRT7tXngGSl). I suddenly remembered a set of weird paints I had had for a long time but had never used. The set contains both gold and silver paints (in one of the photos). I decided to do a little experiment. I under painted a board with cadmium orange, however, I do not think it made any difference in the long run as the subsequent layers of the gold paint covered the underpainting completely without any hints of transparency. Next, I painted the whole board with gold paint. It took six thin layers to achieve more or less uniform coverage. After that I painted the rest of the painting leaving the brightest spots unpainted. If mixed with a bit of white the gold paint gets visually brighter but loses its characteristic "golden" reflectivity. This creates an interesting effect which can be seen on the water in the foreground. From the front the areas painted with white-gold mix look brighter, but from an angle area painted with the "pure gold" reflect more light. As I concentrated on the technique, I made my life easier by copying the painting's composition from "Venice at sunset" by Edward William Cooke. It is not an accurate copy of the original though. All in all, the final result is quite striking . If viewed from the front the gold paint is not much different from a warm cadmium orange-yellow. However, from an angle the painting looks most unusual indeed.
An original acrylic painting on an unframed handmade hardboard panel primed with gesso. Depending on the calibration of viewer's monitor, colours may vary. The painting is gloss varnished. Consider buying several paintings from my gallery at the same time. I can combine them for shipping reducing the total cost of the purchase. If you want to do so, send me a message. I will reserve the painting you like for you and will provide an alternative payment instruction (PayPal).I ship out orders within 1-3 business days. I use Royal Mail Tracked International service for orders from overseas and Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm for deliveries within the UK. I provide Royal Mail tracking numbers on all orders. Please feel free to contact me for any questions. |
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