This piece is progressing slowly due to the unfamiliarity of the surface type, sanded paper. But it is getting there. I have completed the background and now getting ready to take on the rose bushes. As you can see, I used a light yellow in the backgound to capture the rays of the sun as they shine down on a summer mid-afternoon. Yellow is the color of sunlight, and is also the complementary color of violet -- which is almost always used by impressionists as the color for shadows. Blue is the only other color used by impressionists in this manner, with orange as the complement.
This piece is progressing slowly due to the unfamiliarity of the surface type, sanded paper. But it is getting there. I have completed the background and now getting ready to take on the rose bushes. As you can see, I used a light yellow in the backgound to capture the rays of the sun as they shine down on a summer mid-afternoon. Yellow is the color of sunlight, and is also the complementary color of violet -- which is almost always used by impressionists as the color for shadows. Blue is the only other color used by impressionists in this manner, with orange as the complement.
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