The Daily Spectrum - Days of Winter

You may have wondered what happened to me, the studio, and this blog since October 2013. My husband Dave and I journeyed south where we thought there would be warmer weather. I could paint outdoors and he could find more stable work.

Unfortunately, neither of these two things happened very often. The adventures of our trip can be read and followed on NomadicAmericans.blogspot.com. We found ourselves in winter everywhere. The temperatures hardly rose above 50 degrees in the states we found ourselves. The blessings of our journey art-wise however, were that we saw many a pastoral countryside and I now have an assortment of photo references now to paint from.

My method of painting begins with my palette of favorite colors; what I call my basic 8 - two yellows. a light as well as a dark medium cad, two other reds, two greens, and two blues. All other colors I can mix from these. I have over the years picked up a dioxide purple and an orange as these can be time saving when I return to a painting in progress and spare myself some frustration. This in turn, helps me remain a "happy painter".

Until next time,
Jill