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| TOP Image: Edge of a Wood by Theodore Caruelle d'Aligny (French), oil on paper, 1850-55, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art "Art 2015 Calendar", March 17. BOTTOM Image: My copy of Edge of a Wood (by Theodore Caruelle d'Aligny) , done in oil on gessoed panel, 2015 |
While traveling through several southern states (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana) during March and April, I became aware of how many greens there are in Nature—especially during the Spring season!
Arriving back in Albuquerque, I decided to practice mixing greens and to copy a painting done by Theordore d'Aligny, since there were quite a variety of greens in the image.
Thinking this would be a simple exercise, I was surprised that I ended up spending 3 days painting and tweaking the colors. Considering the human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors, I should have figured that getting a "perfect" copy of this painting would be more challenging than I expected.
Still, as they say, "Practice Makes for Improvement."
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Image 2 and text ©2015 Carol L. Adamec. All rights reserved.
