Playing With Color

Just a few quick words about use of color. You do not have to use the color you would normally think of using in painting an object, for instance a tree trunk. I started my painting of redwood trees. The tree trunks so far do not have brown in them. Yes, that's what I said. I painted the dark areas in deep purples and used an orange to create the lighter areas. It's not what you would normally think to do, but somehow it works. From a distance there is the illusion of browns. The painting below is still a work in progress, so the finished product will look much different. Notice the effects of the unexpected color.