This came out pretty well. I like all the grasses and the kind of mysterious plants with the incredibly skinny stems. That red spot in the distance just didn't work as I planned it. Damn you perylene maroon.
This is one of those leaves from an earlier series. Kind of plain now but I intend to add reddish spots. No perylene maroon though.
I like it very much the way it is. Would the reddish spots suggest disease? I wouldn’t touch it.
ReplyDeleteThe Lurie plants have such a wonderful texture in the background. It's like Van Gogh meets Klimt. Maybe you just needed to add the perylene maroon somewhere else in the painting to make that work. I think adding a touch of red to the leaf would be good. It seems like it needs something else. Maybe not spots, but rusty red edges? Like leaves starting to dry up in autumn?
ReplyDeleteI was struck by how different your brushstrokes are in these two paintings. They’re basically the same palette ( except for the red) but totally different feel. And adding red to the leaf could turn it into a heart — just in time for Valentine’s Day….
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the Valentines Day gimmick. But I have to say that Alan and Elaine are on the beam. The only reason I was thinking of putting in those red spots is because the photo has red spots and that is never a good reason to do anything. And Elaine is right about the rust along the edge. I'm thinking of burnt sienna along the edges and maybe crawling up the veins.
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