Cornish Windfarm

Cornish Windfarm
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I love the freedom of this picture and the palette used

Thank you, Vic. The palette - since you mention it - was Phthalo Blue, Lemon Yellow and Process Magenta. Now, did someone write somewhere recently that magenta was a horrible colour and had no place in any self-respecting artist's box of paints? Have I proved them wrong? :-)

Windfarms are certainly open to debate. They rather spoil the view of an otherwise beautiful countryside. Old windmills had style.

I seem to remember something about magenta. I can't remember where or who. I use magenta .... Love your light again!

The magenta comment was a part of a "tip" in an article by Glyn Macey in January's Artist. He said. "If you really want to incorporate that hideous magenta, lime green and fluorescent yellow that winked at you at the art shop window, I cannot help you. [...] They add little to a limited palette - avoid them!" I'm actually considering trying a process palette - CMY + white (not sure about K!) - at some point. If it works for printing, why not for painting?

i like this painting. They are part of our mountain tops, so lets paint them.

I like this. There's so much wind and movement in your painting. I'm glad I found it as I've been drawing wind turbines for a while with a view to painting them. The size and shape of them fascinate me.

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31/03/2015
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An acrylic knife painting, made with standard weight acrylics (I have some heavy body on order, but they are lost in delivery limbo). Windfarms - love 'em or hate 'em - are part of the scenery now, particularly in the breezier corners of our isles. Personally, I rather like their elegant lines - and that's without considering the ecological aspects. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 cm.

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Amanda Bates

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