Lakes, Rivers, Oceans
Water cool and inviting. Tantalising.
Tumbling rapids, still waters, wild seas frothing, tropical waters of paradise, meandering rivers and lovely lakes in reflection.
These beautiful blues and greens, and colors in between delight the eye and refresh the soul.
This week’s topic for our class is “all things of water.” We are working with the Blues and what better subject than Water!
The paintings and reference photographs demonstrate many of color’s wonderful pairings. You’ve no doubt seen a few of these images. But not, in a collection presented with a ‘partnering’ reference photo.
The Cliffs, Rick’s Cafe Negril watercolor teal water warm rocks
Cobalt Teal At The Beach, warm red distant hills
Watercolor Blues
pairing 2
water reflections acrylics
Pages River Reflections
Similar and United
Can you see similarities of mood, of colors, of depth between the painting and its fellow photograph? No, Not so much a ‘duplication’ but a sense of color unity or ‘kinship’ perhaps. They ‘belong’ to each other.
pairing 3
Which Blues?! cobalt, ultramarine, cobalt teal blue
Oceana in Cobalt Teal Blue and Ultramarine and Cobalt
Prussian, Teal and gold waters
Acrylic Blue Lake- cobalt prussian blend, shimmers of teal
pairings 4
River of Jade and topaz plains
Jade and emerald, topaz highlights
Colors at Play
Isn’t easy…. to get immersed within the loveliness of colors at play?
When I snapped these photos, that is how I felt. Lost within the gorgeous colors and patterns – amazed.
I really wasn’t ‘looking at the Big Picture.’ But rather the intricacies that lay right at my feet.
Sea Foam……… Golden Matisse Fluid Flow Acrylics
pairings 5
Autumn glow prussian mixed with quinacridone gold, burnt sienna mixed media on textured board debiriley.art
Autumn Reed Reflections debiriley.art
Autumn Colored, at debijriley Redbubble.com
Summer colours
other paintings of water……
Nature’s Waterfall watercolors
Magical Mists watercolor landscape debi riley
Bright Blues, debiriley.art (c) Indigo, teal, ultramarine/cobalt, pale prussian blue
Watercolor Blues
Color can lift your mood and energize; it can soothe and refresh.
Each Blue, has a different and unique mood, or ‘feeling’ to it that you can employ in your paintings as you choose.