Guarda do Embaú, with distant hills behind; working outside -palette

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Guarda do Embaú, with hills in the distance, oil on card, 18 x 22 cm Sold

This painting is available on Saacchi Art

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Palettes

Working outside forces one to use easily portable equipment, and that includes palettes. This forces one to be very clear about what colour range one intends to use. 

I mix the basic colours in advance then adapt them where necessary as I work on the painting. It`s delightful to see how the colours open out when mixed with white. It`s similar to the way in which, when cooking, spices reveal their scents when you put them into hot oil.

Of course,  at times one mixes a set of colours and then during the working of the painting realises that another colouristic approach would be better. Live and learn!

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Guarda do Embaú, sandbank

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Guarda do Embaú, sandbank, oil on card, 18 x 20 cm   AVAILABLE

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Guarda do Embaú

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 Guarda do Embaú, red boat, oil on card, 17.5 x 18 cm - available

Guarda do Embaú, a view, oil on card,  17 x 18.5 cm   SOLD

Here are two simple paintings from Guarda do Embaú.

 They were painted on the new easel: the new easel  doesn't provide the use of a surface to mix paints on. And, being less stable, it encourages the making of larger pictures because it is less easy to paint delicately using it. So now I mix the colours up in advance and apply them in broader areas, instead of mixing things up as I go along then apply them systematically.

In such ways do the  limitations of an artist's equipment serve to alter his artistic style- serendipitously so in my case, as I had been seeking a way to open and brighten the pictures  à la Fauvist Braque for some time.

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Guarda do Embaú

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Guarda do Embaú, oil on card, 18 x 14.5 cm  AVAILABLE

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