I got started on this after breakfast and dropping off kids, etc. Took 2 hours of teeth grinding effort. There's a reason pointalism doesn't appeal to a lot of people. This isn't nearly as good as Ree's, but you never answered my requests girl, so here is my shot at it.
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Ah-ha :-))))))))
ReplyDeleteYou sure did get the point and how neat is this!!
I am pretty sure the dots are meant to be closer together, but hey I like this, you did good Bruce.
What was the request from Ree?
I will try this again one day, and use white paint too, I didn't before, only the three primaries, and after studying some more works of the masters, it is obvious they used white as well as their three primaries.
Well done Bruce!
ReplyDeleteWhat requests??? I didn't know you requested anything?!
Ree, you missed the post I gues. It was #18 on your pointilism Cahllenge submission, of the pears. Here it is:
ReplyDeletemackb said...
Ree, I am tortured over this pic. I don't see the updateed pic or your palette. However, I would like to know how you painted this, what kind of paint and brush etc. I ask bec you have done such a convincing job on a difficult method. Please tell me.
May 3, 2009 12:07 PM
As I implied, you are the master of poinilism and I want your input.
I'm so sorry Bruce, I really didn't see this comment and believe me I'm no 'master' of anything!
ReplyDeleteI only paint what I see, using the techniques that I have learnt over many year of struggling with watercolours!
Having never tried Pointillism before, it was a big challenge for me and I did enjoy the process.
You said that I used a lighter version of primaries, here is your comment in JJ's post of her Pointillism painting...
mackb said...April 22...
"Yeah, but I didn't think they had to full strenghth colours to do it. I'm probably wrong, but Ree's pic wasn't straight primariesa nd they were lighter versions. Now I gotta go look agian, just came back.
her's is yellow, white and varing shades of ochre and I think raw umber. But like I say, of late I've been wrong lots".
My reply was...April 22
"Hi Bruce...my palette was all primaries...cad yellow...naphthol red...ultramarine blue. No ochre or raw umber and no white only white paper showing! ;)"
That's the reason why I put up a higher res pic to show the actual colours that I used but I didn't name them!
My method in Pointillism was to place the dots in a uniform manner within the shape of the pears but I should have used a smaller brush... starting with a # 4 round, was much too big, I changed to a # 2 which was OK.. A lot of colours mingled to make secondaries and tertiaries so that's where you see the browns, Bruce! ;)
Hope this has helped you, sorry for the delay in replying. ;)
Well Bruce ....at least yours is a whole lot better than mine was......
ReplyDeleteThanks Ree, that helps a lot actually. I saw the post but I didn't make the connection. You really nailed the poinilism challenge tho, well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne, it's obvious, we all need to do the challenge agian and will in the puture, I promise.