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Feb 25, 2018
Media: Oil Study on Pannelli Telati fine Cotton Panel
Size: 5x7 in
C1661 “The Great Kiva of Chetro Ketl” (Chaco Canyon, New Mexico)This is an Oil Study not only in light and shade, but also between the complementary colours of yellow and violet, a combination I rarely use. In this case the base pigments used are yellow and purple ochers. I was struck by the massive structure of the Great Kiva at Chetro Ketl, silhouetted dark against the light from this angle, and with the yellow grass silhouetted against that dark mass. The obvious choice for me was to use earth colours for this study, partly because it seemed apt to use natural materials, much as the builders of this place, and also because I love the earth pigments. It is such a surprise sometimes to see what you can do with what are essentially coloured muds. The Pigments used in the painting: Imprimatura: Rublev Ercolano Red; Drawing: W&N Ultramarine Deep; Pigments: W&N Cerulean, Cobalt and Ultramarine Deep Blues; Rublev: Ercolano Red, Purple Ochre, Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, Orange Molybdate & Lead White #2. For more check out my blog at www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
C1661 “The Great Kiva of Chetro Ketl” (Chaco Canyon, New Mexico)This is an Oil Study not only in light and shade, but also between the complementary colours of yellow and violet, a combination I rarely use. In this case the base pigments used are yellow and purple ochers. I was struck by the massive structure of the Great Kiva at Chetro Ketl, silhouetted dark against the light from this angle, and with the yellow grass silhouetted against that dark mass. The obvious choice for me was to use earth colours for this study, partly because it seemed apt to use natural materials, much as the builders of this place, and also because I love the earth pigments. It is such a surprise sometimes to see what you can do with what are essentially coloured muds. The Pigments used in the painting: Imprimatura: Rublev Ercolano Red; Drawing: W&N Ultramarine Deep; Pigments: W&N Cerulean, Cobalt and Ultramarine Deep Blues; Rublev: Ercolano Red, Purple Ochre, Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, Orange Molybdate & Lead White #2. For more check out my blog at www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
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