I didn’t know it at the start of the month, but September was my last calendar month in British Columbia. I’ve been dreaming about moving back to Massachusetts due to homesickness pretty much from the moment I arrived five months ago, but recently, the feeling switched over from “I miss home, but I am determined to work to make this my home” and became “I miss home, and I am determined to go back.” Long story short, I will be spending the next month staying with family in a small town in Massachusetts. Cue the Gilmore Girls music and fall colors!
I can see the emotional transition through my paintings: I started the month by finishing my Kolbie Blue 10-Day Challenge redo (escapism through Unsplash photos), through semi-fantastical sunsets inspired by everyday photos, and finally getting into some loving local scenes once I knew I was leaving and no longer felt resentful!
Paintings
Painting the Wilderness Redux
I finished up my redo of Kolbie Blume’s 10-day challenge.
All of these use limited palettes!
- Day 8: Prussian Blue, Quin Gold, Indian Red
- Day 9: Indanthrone Blue, Rich Green Gold, Transparent Red Oxide [triad study]
- Day 10: Indanthrone Blue, Transparent Red Oxide, Viridian, Lemon Yellow
I then painted two of the “alternates” that Kolbie suggested for day 1.
Limited palettes for these:
- Dusk mountain lake: Phthalo Blue RS, Indian Yellow, Quin Red
- Multicolor galaxy night sky: Phthalo Blues GS, Indian Yellow, Perylene Violet, extras
Sunsets
Birds
- Laughing Gull: MANS, TRO, Indanthrone Blue, Cobalt Blue, Quin Red (PV19)
- Bushtit: Yellow Ochre, Cobalt Blue, MaimeriBlu Mars Brown (PR101)
- Ring-billed gull: Ultramarine Blue, Transparent Red Oxide, MANS, just a bit of PV19
Best of British Columbia
I kind of abandoned limited palettes for this set, so we’ll see if I remember all the colors.
- Galiano Island: Quin Gold, Indanthrone Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Quin Red (PV19), MANS
- Kits Sunset: PBRS, Cobalt Blue, Quin Coral (PR209), New Gamboge, Azo Yellow
- Fall Clouds: PBRS, Cobalt Blue, Quin Coral (PR209), New Gamboge, Azo Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Maimeri Mars Brown (PR101)