2019 Topic 15: Coral
Hi everyone, it's Helen with you today, and I'd like to share with you a canvas with a quote from Pablo Picasso.
This time the theme is the colour Coral and shades thereof. This is not a colour I naturally gravitate towards, but you know what?... I've loved using it. There are new shades of Frescos coming out in this palette but I didn't have time to wait for them so I just made my own by adding white to the original Coral paint. I've offset it with grey blues: Glacier Ice, Lake Wanaka and Space Cadet. Having your main colour decided for you makes the whole project much easier as I can spend ages working out what colours to use!
This time the theme is the colour Coral and shades thereof. This is not a colour I naturally gravitate towards, but you know what?... I've loved using it. There are new shades of Frescos coming out in this palette but I didn't have time to wait for them so I just made my own by adding white to the original Coral paint. I've offset it with grey blues: Glacier Ice, Lake Wanaka and Space Cadet. Having your main colour decided for you makes the whole project much easier as I can spend ages working out what colours to use!
Glacier Ice is a beautiful grey/blue colour. I didn't want anything too strong as I wanted to paint straight over the top later.
You can create several shades of Coral just by adding different amounts of white.
Again I've gone for a pale colour and built up the background with the lovely twirly stamp.
I
used a stamping platform to stamp in black ink as I wasn't sure how
clearly it would stamp on the canvas and paint but I needn't have
worried.
I tried, I really tried to leave that gap on the right but no, I couldn't resist adding some more stamping.
Add beads and white dots to embellish.
These
stamps of JOFY's are just fantastic - lots of detail yet easy to colour
with lovely shapes and patterns. Everything looks as though it's
growing upwards, reaching for the sky. The twirly, whirly one can be
left as is or sections painted in as I've done. Stamping directly onto the canvas creates a lovely textured look - it's also quick, you can just launch straight in!
You
could make the canvas monochrome, all shades of coral, or team it up
with different accent colours: pinks, purples, grey...., not sure about
green, but you never know. It's always worth experimenting!