Upper Trail

Day 13: #rogertorypetersoninatitute Many of you know that I paint using only 3 colors. I started doing this when I was in grad school, after doing an assignment with a severely limited pallet. I found cutting my color choices forced me to be more thoughtful when mixing paint. After experimenting with the available paints in the local art store, I settled on cadmium red, cadmium yellow (medium) and Prussian blue. Those have been my mainstay colors for 41 years.
Saturday’s, I teach classes at RTPI, so my painting time is cut drastically. I drew this painting last evening and decided to shake up my three colors to a little bit cooler in order to achieve the purples that found there way into the long fall shadows of the upper trail. The 3 colors used in this painting are Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Windsor Blue and Cadmium Yellow. Can you feel the difference that the basic color choices make?

“Upper Trail” Watercolor, 8”x10” Available
Unframed $350
Framed $425

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