Second part of the paintings done in Hazel Soan's style, this time on the second part of the course, in rainy Lake Garda. It was interesting to see how Hazel dealt with the considerably difficult conditions, rain, mist, damp and even deluge!! We even had workshops on the covered terrace at the front of the hotel overlooking Lake Garda because there would have been no shelter in the little town. Not indoors, in the damp outside. Virtually impossible, but great for wet in wet and slow drying time (hairdryer needed really)
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| Eeek flowers! Done on a wet balcony, with Hazel's guidance. Exercise in light against dark or to be posh, counterchange. Colours used Quinacradone Red/Permanent Rose/ adding ultra for shadows. Greens were sap green and ultra and darkened with burnt umber. The pot was raw umber. Hills were to be soft and wafty (Hazel's words) very technical. |
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| Another balcony painting. Clouds floating between the hills. Hard top and soft at the base. Hazel asked us to bring a new colour, to me, transparent turquoise, really for the water on sunny days. You will notice this colour more on the second painting of the hills. Here sap green was also used and perm rose to grey the mix. |
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| The above two panoramic paintings were our own choice of colours. And Hazel suggested we checked out each others to see which versions we liked. The top one is predominantly yellow ochre or was it Indian yellow, I can't remember and winsor violet. The second aureolin, prussian and alizarin. |
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This is definitely the transparent turquoise (winsor and newton) and I stress here, Very Staining and Very Intense. In fact very difficult to work with, there is no going back! Don't think I will be keeping this in my bag of colours. It is a beautiful colour though. This painting did not dry until I took it to my room. The paper didn't cockle as both sides were damp with the moist air. Mainly Turquoise and Permanent Rose and Sap Green. Waves were done with white.
Here endeth the paintings done with Hazel's influence. I hope you have enjoyed seeing them and can try and appreciate the conditions they were painted in. The next tranche will be the work I did in the afternoons and some of my personal sketches, done in my khadi pad. |
