Rivière à l’Orme
Posted: January 28, 2021 Filed under: Uncategorized 37 CommentsIf you stick to the green trail in Angell Woods you might miss this, but a few metres off the path you’ll find Rivière à l’Orme, which seems at that point much more like a stream than a river. I painted a view of it on a warmer day a few weeks ago, but this week after several snowfalls, it calls for cooler colours on my palette — mostly Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna with a tiny bit of Naples Yellow added in both for warmth and for opacity in the greys. Painted on a quarter sheet of Arches Bright White Rough paper, 140 lb.
Absolutely beautiful deep blue stream 💙
Thanks so much Liane!
Absolutely beautiful deep blue water 💙
Wow! This is striking.
Thanks Judy!
A great
Perspective,blues outstanding, love it.
Thanks so much Nancy!
The central area reflection seems so true to the sky and surroundings. How you manage these magical moments is still a mystery to me. I see what you’ve done but I don’t know how you manage to conceive of and actually make it happen. Viva la values! Beautiful.
Jeff, thank you. I did this one wet-in-wet. Does that help to solve the mystery?
This is a particularly gorgeous piece. Did you paint from a photo or in situ?
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Hi Pegret. I painted this one from my photo that I took on a walk. It was way too cold to paint outside!
The stream pulls me right in. You’re so good at painting snow!Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
Thanks!
Love it even more after taking your winter sketching class! Thanks again!
Thanks for taking the class Brenda!
I am always amazed and impressed with your very minimal color palette.
Thanks Lois. I do love using a limited palette.
I am so happy to have found your Sketchbook!
Me too Gale!
WHOA, Shari! VERY EFFECTIVE use of a limited palette! LOVE the way you pushed the blue in the water, and the Naples Yellow (which I don’t have on my palette – but maybe I should!) makes such marvelous grays. -B
Thank you so much Barry. It makes me happy when I give you colour ideas. Let me know what you think of Naples Yellow. I recently tried Jaune Brillant because I saw someone use it, but it’s a bit of a strange colour. A little peachy looking and not as useful as Naples Yellow, at least for the way I paint.
Just beautiful!
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Thanks Cindy!
The colour of the water looks simply luscious
Thanks for taking the time to write. Much appreciated!
Simply wonderful, masterfully done! Love, love, love it. Lucious.
Thanks so much Bernadette!
This is just gorgeous, Shari!! Wow!!!
Thanks so much Linda!
Beautiful! There’s such a difference in the color palette in both paintings. I love the warmth of the first one, but the dramatic darker colors in this really call to me. Bravo!
Thanks Joan. Yes, it was fun to try this one two ways.
Wow, just gorgeous! Love the little white sparkles on the water!
Thanks so much Iona.
This is gorgeous and oh, so cold.
I love that deep, evocative blue reflection.
Many thanks Betsy!
Good Afternoon dear friend Shari,
That’s an amazing sketch, That blue color is really a wonderful reelection of depth and the breadth of the sketch, but not ignoring other colors.
Super work.
Regards and blessings.
Uma
Thanks so much Uma!