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  rainbow |
Thanks for the great ideas, Dake. I am land-locked in the Appalachian Mountains so I seldom have the opportunity to view a natural rainbow. I love the lollipop idea and the umbrellas. | ||
Dake |
Hmmmm let me think! where to put a rainbow, why not just make the whole sheet a rainbow? I think of kids with lollypops, beach umbrellas, parrots, "flower power" generation (plenty of them posting here)paraphenalia a la Jimmy Hendrix posters, kombi vans. Frank Webb paintings are rainbow like. Even Turner and Constable put rainbows in their skies. Have you seen Carol Carter's work? {www.carol-carter.com} Now here's a fine lady who knows how to use color, her deck chairs and swimmers make rainbows look like.....well ho-hum really. I think you could make a little rainbow stamp and use it to "sign" your work. | ||
rainbow |
Thank you, rmarz and Kukana. I am going to start practicing your suggestions. Does anyone have any ideas for subtle places to place them, other than the sky? I thought a hint in water (from droplets to reflections in ponds). | ||
Kukana |
I do the whole thing wet into wet when I do the initial sky. wet down the paper...paint int the shades of blue. Let it dry a tad, then drop in the rainbow.! | ||
rmarz |
I paint the scene and then while still wet wipe out the arc.Don't scrub because you can see through most bows. Then use light washes to put in the colors. I use cad red,cad yellow and cobalt blue letting them bleed into each other. | ||
rainbow |
I am new to painting/art in general. My favorite color/thing is a rainbow. I would like to try to incorporate them, most often subtly, into my work as a type of personal symbol. My question is --How? Would you let the primary colors blend on the paper or paint each color? Dry brush or wet on wet? What colors are best to represent the rainbow? I notice some of you have painted on location in Hawaii and they tell me they have a rainbow every day so maybe you can help. Hope so. |
