[Eva]

Hello everyone, I think I might have posted my first question on the wrong forum, so please forgive me if you see this as a duplicate.
I have an inspiration piece I would like to replicate. This would be my first acrylic painting. I am unsure of the background mixture of colors. I think it might be a blend of yellow ochre, red and burnt umber. What is your expert opinion? Is there a color I am missing? thanks so much.

 

[WoodlandSpirit]

I'm seeing scarlet and peacock green but there may be blue. It's hard to tell on a phone.

 

[WoodlandSpirit]

I'm seeing scarlet and peacock green but there may be blue. It's hard to tell on a phone.

The dark red looks like a green was added

 

[Eva]

Thank you woodlandspirit, you have a good eye. So are you saying that the blue and green is added instead of the umber and yellow?

 

[WoodlandSpirit]

There are some yellow tones. Maybe the artist painted the canvass yellow then went over it with the other colors. Its like its showing through. But mostly it's scarlet with green and maybe blue in the dark areas. At least that's what it looks like on my screen.

 

[Asancta]

Hello everyone, I think I might have posted my first question on the wrong forum, so please forgive me if you see this as a duplicate.
I have an inspiration piece I would like to replicate. This would be my first acrylic painting. I am unsure of the background mixture of colors. I think it might be a blend of yellow ochre, red and burnt umber. What is your expert opinion? Is there a color I am missing? thanks so much.

I think it's an acrylic and the flowers(circles) are done in impasto paste.I see at least 2 underlayers and I would assume that closer to the tree the first layer might be white then the artist went with a yellow then a deep red;far away from the tree at the corners I think might be blue as first underlayer or/and purple then he/she went high on the color scale with some yellow ochre and red.Of course this is what I see...might be wrong.You just have to try.

 

[WoodlandSpirit]

I'd guess your right. I have a hard time seeing it on my phone but I do see a little of what you're talking about.

 

[Eva]

That is awesome, now that you mention those colors, I do see them. Thanks so much for that. I will try underpainting in those colors.
Another question, the color of the circles, is that just a mix of impesto and yellow/brown to get that golden color? What technique/tool do you think was used to make the circles?

 

[Asancta]

Impasto medium is a very very thick paste...and I think he/she just circled the flowers right from the tube or maybe he/she had one of those devices that pastry chefs have to spread the cream on the cupcakes(??).I've seen artists making birds out of impasto medium btw

 

[Eva]

thank you Asancta, you have been a great help.

 

[Eva]

I have another question regarding this inspiration piece, its about scale. I will be painting the tree as a 3 canvas painting, 3-24x48, so total 72 wide x 48 high. How wide should the tree trunk be so it looks proportioned. I think the tree should start widening at the top third of the center canvas.

 

[TerryCurley]

What I would do is put the picture in Publisher (or some such app) and divided the picture by thirds and then you can see exactly how the panels should join. The tree is definitely in the second panel.

This is an amazing project. Sure hope you do a work in progress thread for it.

 

[Eva]

Thank you Terry. I have never heard of Publisher. I will definitely have to look in to that.

 

[Eva]

Terry that was a great suggestion. I was able to divide the piece into thirds and also in half. That will greatly help me with the scale. Thanks again for that suggestion.:laugh:

 

[Asancta]

You want to make it EXACTLY the same?It's not such a complex piece for you to need dividing...just do it by eye first and if you don't like it then divide it with some app.there are plenty of videos on youtube on how to divide.

 

[Eva]

For me, this is complex lol. I am worried about the scale, since I am making it almost double in size, and going from a single canvas to a three canvas piece.

 

[Eva]

Is there a specific green shade that would look better for part of the under painting or will any shade of green do.

 

[TerryCurley]

It's your painting, you decide. I think I would go a dark green, like sap green mixed with some cobalt blue.

 

[Eva]

thanks Terry. As you and everyone here can probably tell by my questions I am very new to this and this will be my first painting. I dont know if I am taking on too much but I am going to give it a shot. I am open to any and all suggestions, I may ask a few silly questions but with each reply I receive I am learning. I may take the suggestion offered or I may venture on my own but at least I know the options I have to choose from. Thanks again for your suggestions. Keep them coming!

 

[Asancta]

Grrr I've just wrote you a reply and then forum asked me to log in and then message got lost grrrr
Ok,so, here is what I would do: go and download or buy a color scale(the most complex one you can find) and a color checker-make or buy(basically anything with a hole in it lol) and look up on your painting picture with your color checker the EXACT shade of red that you see in the painting(beware-each and every one of us is seeing a different shade based on different variables such as the device we are using,the light in the room,our own eyes so you should trust only yourself in choosing a color) when you've found it go to the opposite dirrection to the complementary color that will be a green.Use that green...easy as that.