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Feb 28, 2018
Media: Oil Sketch on Pannelli Telati fine Cotton Panel
Size: 5x7 in
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Whereas Chaco Canyon, Hovenweep and even Mesa Verde are all about the architectural ruins, Canyon de Chelly is all about the landscape. Oh there are Ancestral Puebloan ruins such as the White House, alright, but they are almost incidental to the grandeur of the landscape. I was not prepared for this, even though I had seen photographs, and even paintings of these canyons, the reality was much more astonishing! I came expecting more ruins, but what I got was magnificent canyonscapes!! And the low slanting light of Winter brings out the colours of these thousand foot canyon walls to the fore. Even though you are seeing these canyons from the many viewpoints along the rim, these views are stupendous. The Pigments used in the painting: Imprimatura: W&N Venetian Red & Rublev Ercolano Red; Drawing: W&N Ultramarine Deep Blue & Rublev Purple Ochre; Pigments: W&N: Cerulean, Cobalt and Ultramarine Deep Blues, Cadmium Orange; Blockx: Ivory Black; 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
Whereas Chaco Canyon, Hovenweep and even Mesa Verde are all about the architectural ruins, Canyon de Chelly is all about the landscape. Oh there are Ancestral Puebloan ruins such as the White House, alright, but they are almost incidental to the grandeur of the landscape. I was not prepared for this, even though I had seen photographs, and even paintings of these canyons, the reality was much more astonishing! I came expecting more ruins, but what I got was magnificent canyonscapes!! And the low slanting light of Winter brings out the colours of these thousand foot canyon walls to the fore. Even though you are seeing these canyons from the many viewpoints along the rim, these views are stupendous. The Pigments used in the painting: Imprimatura: W&N Venetian Red & Rublev Ercolano Red; Drawing: W&N Ultramarine Deep Blue & Rublev Purple Ochre; Pigments: W&N: Cerulean, Cobalt and Ultramarine Deep Blues, Cadmium Orange; Blockx: Ivory Black; 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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