Color Study after Richard Schmid

Color Study after Richard Schmid

9x12 Oil on arches oil paper

$75

The delightful painting hidden in this abstract color study is a young lady painting. It is one of my favorites. I continue to be amazed at how he puts colors together. I never would have thought of the lovely aqua and that subtle red. (if red can ever be subtle)

Color Study, after Richard Schmid

Color Study after Richard Schmid

5x7

oil on Arches Oil Paper

$50

The original of this is a lovely lady in a garden setting, lots of green grass. I am always taken at the proportions of color with this artist. And though he used a lot of neutrals, other color has an important presence.

50 days - #14 color study

50 days #14 color study

5x7

oil on Arches oil paper

$50

Ok, it is time to start showing you some of the things I am doing with my 50 days project. One of the things I am really enjoying and learning from at the same time is my color studies. They fit in nicely when there is just a small window of time to paint. I take a repro of a painting by an artist whose work I admire, and copy the colors. I also copy the relative size/proportion in the picture, but do NOT copy the representational image. I find this allows me to figure out what they are doing that I like so much, without being sidetracked by trying to do the same image. My goal is to somehow assimilate all this understanding so that when I am ready to move ahead in January, I will have more understanding under my belt. This piece honors Richard Schmid, a fabulous realistic artist, who wrote the book "Alla Prima". I thought his color was mostly neutral, but what a masterly way he works in delightful touches of color that bring the piece alive, like the pink and turquoise blue in this piece.