Woods of Colour

in art •  7 years ago 

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Feeling colour

A few days ago I shared in my post The Wood of Love a painting with you that was inspired by the Bois d'Amour in Pont-Aven, Brittany.

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From my post The Wood of Love

Something else inspired me whilst I was stood in the Bois d'Amour, and that was the words of the artist Paul Gauguin.

According to the artist Maurice Denis, Gauguin had told Séruzier : "How do you see these trees? They are yellow. So, put in yellow; this shadow, rather blue, paint it with pure ultramarine; these red leaves? Put in vermilion".

Gauguin had given the painter Séruzier a lesson when stood in Bois d'Amour. Looking at the effects of light in that same landscape I started to really feel the meaning behind those words.

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I began my own experiments with colour and line


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To me the forest floor felt like it was glowing a vibrant red of rusted leaves and earth. The shadows of the undergrowth felt blue against the yellow pouring through the canopy of the leaves.
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I'm going to use this final watercolour image as inspiration for a more textured acrylic painting.

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I admire your work dear friend @ opheliafu, full of creativity and magic, you are encrusted very good inspirations in nature, many thanks for this beautiful gift to begin the week
I wish you an excellent day

A pleasure to share this work with you!

Your art is very inspiring!

That is very kind of you :D

Textures are so realistic
I love your mixing @opheliafu

sure...me too @heelzkinu
are you also a painter?

No I'm not
But my sister paints @kenhudoy

good one..is she on steemit? if not she needs to be in this wonderful community

No she's not but I told her to grab this opportunity and to present her talent throughout the world.
she's thinking right now ! Will show you her paintings @kenhudoy

ok...no time to waste get her in today and let her introduce herself with some very good work and story line which will gain her some followers, build her followers to a certain good level and then start blogging...this way she adds more value to her posts and work...keep me posted once she sends her first blog for my support...remember, family first as such check out my blog post a week ago on family versus office (you will enjoy it if you really cherish family which i trust you do) and few others. Follow for more as i shall be updating my posts this week...took out time for work and also build contacts...

Yeah sure , and thank you for guiding me. It means a lot to me.
Love to you 💛

always welcome and do not forget to drop a comment on my posts...my regards to your sister

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!!

Yes @opheliafu
I love paintings and appreciate the art
It takes lot of patience and determination to complete one single painting ,
I've seen my sister painting and she takes more than 7-8 non-stops hours to complete one.

Yes it is very easy to lose sense of time when painting

that's me ! I lose my senses when she paints ! I used to hate her for that but now after joining steemit I've learned enough , I've learned the value of painting and art.
@opheliafu

oh well. I guess I have to up-vote. It's not I want to... just kidding.

We missed you for some days. I hope you had enough rest. :)

Yes I did thanks, i didn't have very good wifi, so no posting :D

Your a great artist !!

good work you did there...thanks for sharing...keep it up

Admirable, professional painting ability, Does doing this requires a high imagination? I love art.

How Wonderful my dear !

Love the bright colors you have used there ;-)

Wish you a lovely day @opheliafu ! ^_^ oiseau ballons.png

Really good artwork ,no doubt. Im big fan of making art. Respect

I'm really looking forward to seeing the acrylic version of this, I love the contrast in the watercolour.

Make a wish for a good soul,
God will do it, he is always with you ...
Let the soul, like the sun, smile to the world ...
Let the smile every day starts with a smile

Nice pictures

like it

Endearing! I love trees - they are like a reminder to all of us that we should stand firm no matter what...

your style looks amazing the colors are wonderful you represent pretty well the trees and I'll be glad to hear your opinion about my work here is the link and hope you'll enjoy it :)
https://steemit.com/@othmanesl

Were you wearing special glasses to see woods like that? :)

Yes my special Gauguin glasses!

Oh he is good!

I like these experiments and this style!

Wow, great work, thank you for sharing with us :)

That is beautiful, thanks for sharing. :)

Glad you like it! :D

Hermoso trabajo, felicitaciones.

Very original, I really like the colors you've used!

You are so gifted Ophelia. I love your drawings.

Beautiful pictures!

I love your color choices, very vibrant

NamasTree! :)

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I am very interested to see the post yanf you created. Quite beautiful.
Natural forest scenery you can paint with a variety of colors. Brown, black and others
You are great enough to make the painting
thank you,, i glad to be friend with you dear friend..

Great color and painting

Wow! This is a beautiful painting!

You feel so good color!!! Looking at Your work, I did not have "cacophony".

I don't usually like bright colors. But here there was no dissonance, and the "ripples" in the eyes. Amazing=)

@opheliafu really dig-in this, great work