Monday, August 9, 2010

Jackson Hole Chapel by Kay Wyne


Jackson Hole Chapel
Painting #3
Oil on 8" x 36"
Gallery Wrap Canvas
I can only say that I wish my dreams would come true, and that I was painting on location in Jackson Hole....escaping the brutal Texas heat. After painting two versions of this chapel, I was not satisfied. So I started slapping the paint on the mountains with a palette knife and got loose on this canvas. At one point the grass in the foreground was green.....and it blended in too much with the aspen trees. So I did scrape the paint off the fence and ground. I have been known to have "issues" with green before....everyone at the studio knows that I can get into trouble with green paint. So I used Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre and some Raw Umber on the ground. I did have my struggles with this painting, but was happy with the end results. This was a commission piece and now hangs in the Harris' home in Dallas, Texas. Have a great day, and thanks for viewing this blog! Stay cool.

5 comments:

  1. I'm with you, Kay - I dream of escaping this Texas heat! Nice painting!

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  2. Hi, I can sure relate to the problem with green. It's a love hate relationship. I have one painting tucked away while it "thinks" about what it has done. I think its the green. I may pull it out and use some of Kay's ideas with the yellows. thank you. Loretta from Oregon....p.s.I love this Blog....you are all so active.

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  3. Great work on the palette knife mountains, I don't think I've ever painted a mountain. Greens are so so difficult; I have an excellent handout on mixing greens that I refer to often. I'll see if I can find the document and e-mail it to you.

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  4. Thanks, I need all the help I can get with GREEN, and would welcome any suggestions/comments.

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  5. Hi Kay, I like your painting of the chapel. I've been there and you have recreated it nicely. As for your problem with greens, I too struggle with them. I took a Plein Air weekend workshop with Mitch Baird (a NW painter)this summer and he gave tips that I have found helpful so I'll pass them on, for what they are worth. He asked us to not use any green from a tube, but to begin with the subtle colors we saw in the greens, such as purples, reds, blues mixed with yellows, ochres etc. He said greens in most landscapes should be a form of gray, because what we think is green is not always green. "Nature is grayer than you think." I am still working on this concept, so I cheat some times and squeeze out a little sap green, but for the some scenes I have found this info helpful.

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