Following up on the Monet discussion, a transcription (and the color swatches) of a detail from a Cy Twombly painting. Good practice for making energetic marks!

Louise Balaam - Monthly Landscape Painting

Following up on the Monet discussion, a transcription (and the color swatches) of a detail from a Cy Twombly painting. Good practice for making energetic marks!

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August 14, 2024

← Sketch from a sketch – it’s too hot (42deg) to even think about painting outside so this a remembering of early summer & lots of green with foxgloves. Gouache to see how many layers I could paint with it….it took a very patient while waiting for paint to dry before adding more, wiping it off, adding more, drawing with oil pastel. Good fun & a big experiment Hello, I have only recently joined here (so I’m still absorbing the techniques Louise teaches) but I wanted to post a recent painting. I painted this work yesterday and welcome feedback. I painted it en plein air, but felt it was flat and too polite! I wanted some drama, so I recollected a recent dramatic sky that I had photographed and then tried again. I feel that I was trying to think my way through the painting, rather than trying to get into a flow state. I know it needs more attack and energy. Thanks Philip →

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Louise Balaam on August 18, 2024 at 7:14 pm

Lovely work Elizabeth, Twombly’s mark-making is a good thing to work from. I really like the way you’ve analysed the colours too
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