Oakwood

[Wyn Easton]

Hi Folks,

This is one I painted from a few pictures I took yesterday. I was trying to capture the feeling of an old neighborhood. C&C welcomed.

11x14 oil on canvas "Oakwood"

[jmax]

Gawd I love this style ... beautiful stuff.

[Jean Levert Hood]

Wyn, you are doing great! I love it. Strokes, complements, good design - you have caputured it!
Jean

[Wyn Easton]

Originally Posted by jmax

Gawd I love this style ... beautiful stuff.

Thank you, Jmax. I painted this one like I did in my Russian painter's workshop that I went to. She had us draw a value sketch first with charcoal. Then we sprayed it with fixative. I like the way that worked for this one.

Wyn, you are doing great! I love it. Strokes, complements, good design - you have caputured it!
Jean

Thanks Jean. I really appreciate your comments.

[beejane]

I'm most impressed with the shades of green, especially the lighter green used in the little tree. That's so tricky for me-making green go back while still making it a bright colour. You've done that so well. I had no trouble seeing the grass lie down, yet it isn't pale and grey as it receeds.

[Wyn Easton]

Originally Posted by beejane

I'm most impressed with the shades of green, especially the lighter green used in the little tree. That's so tricky for me-making green go back while still making it a bright colour. You've done that so well. I had no trouble seeing the grass lie down, yet it isn't pale and grey as it receeds.

Thanks Jane. There are several "rules" about how to create depth in a painting. Perspective, scale, overlapping, texture, color recession are usually mentioned. I have found that you don't have to have all of these methods exactly correct to fool the eye. If you have the perspective right you can put a little of a bright color in the background, for example. It's fun to play with this. The viewer's brain wants to make sense of what it's looking at. Give it the right clues and it takes it from there. It seems that perspective and scale are the most important clues. They seem to override the other methods if they conflict.

[Donna T]

I really, really like this, Wyn. It has the feel of a street lined with old houses where many generations have come and gone. The colors work so well together to create a soft mood. I'm sure you left tons of details off the houses and I wish I could learn to do that!

Donna

[tking]

I like the brushwork and the color combination. Can you tell us your palette strategy?

[viking57]

Hi Wyn,
I love that texture! You have some really nice depth to this piece and good colors going on.
Ron

[rreinert]

A solid piece Wyn and more importantly unique and different from the rest. Absolutely unique.

[Wyn Easton]

Originally Posted by Donna T

I really, really like this, Wyn. It has the feel of a street lined with old houses where many generations have come and gone. The colors work so well together to create a soft mood. I'm sure you left tons of details off the houses and I wish I could learn to do that!
Donna

Thank you Donna. I'm glad you get that old neighborhood feeling. That's what I was going for.

I like the brushwork and the color combination. Can you tell us your palette strategy?

Thanks TKing. I've been adding more colors to my palette lately. I go between very few colors to way too many. Now, I'm on the way too many end. I've been switching over to Lukas 1862 oils. I don't want to sound like a commercial, but I really like their buttery consistency. They contain a drying agent that allows most of my paintings to dry in a couple of days.

Ult Blue, Cobalt Blue, Aliz Crim, Perm Red, Cad Orange, Cad Yellow Light, Yellow Ocher, Yellow Green, Bohemian Green Earth, Burnt Umber, Buff T. White, White

I know, way too many. I do like reaching for complements directly without having to mix them. Mainly for the block-in, I use the dark green modified from very light to straight from the tube. Also, I warm and cool it. I get a great variety of greens by mixing blues and yellows directly, mixing colors with the yellow green, and varying the green earth. Lots of greens that way.

Hi Wyn,
I love that texture! You have some really nice depth to this piece and good colors going on.
Ron

Thanks Ron. I have really been enjoying seeing your work here.

[RandyP]

Hey Wyn,

Another nice one!! Its easy to see you're gaining confidence with the brush with each post. Bold and expressive!!

Randy

[LarrySeiler]

I agree with Randy, Wyn...you really seem over the past few months to be coming into your own...!!!!

nice piece

[Wyn Easton]

Originally Posted by RandyP

Hey Wyn,

Another nice one!! Its easy to see you're gaining confidence with the brush with each post. Bold and expressive!!

Randy

Hi Randy, Thanks. I'm working at it. I'll keep pushing paint, you do the same.

I agree with Randy, Wyn...you really seem over the past few months to be coming into your own...!!!!

nice piece

Thanks Larry. Fall has come to Raleigh. I'm excited about all the color in the trees.

[Nazareth434]

One hting /I want ot comment on is the colors- others have mentioned the greens, and you've doen an excellent job there- very nice variety, close in values, yet very itneresting mix of tones- gives hte eye a nice comparrison area to concentrate on- I especiallyl ike the conservation of detail and the 'just right' application of leaves- not too many, not too few. The other major interest for me is the comparison in the sky and the shadow of the house. You've got the blue of the sky, the little bit different blue of the roof with hte orange chimeny, then WHAM! the purple of the shadow on the house- This is such a visual treat as the eye makes the connection with the blue of the sky, comapring hte two colors/tones, and then the eye subtly takes i n the grreens next to the purple again, comparing the hues- this creates such a wonderful area of interest and exploration. That purple just really sets the whole thing in motion giving a nice visual reference point for the comparisons of colours- Nice job!