A Good Red Is Hard To Make

After a long day of cutting down trees with the help of my good neighbour, I had very little time to paint. I picked out what I thought would be a simple painting of an old house and gave myself an hour or so to finish it. Two hours later and here it is. Not quite the colours in the reference photo but I ran out of patience and time. I really rushed! I'm not yet ready for speed painting.

Painted on 5x7 Canvas Board

A mess of reds

I lost track of the paint colours I used, so instead here is one of my palettes. I really struggled to match the warm red of the roof. In the end I used a mix of cadmium red medium and cadmium yellow light, with a bit of titanium white. The sides of the house were a warmer brown than in my painting. I'm still using only the paints that I had in the house. When I get more experience at mixing colours I'll try some different ones. I would like to do this painting again at a later date. PS Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Valuable Lessons Learned Today:

• Adding white to red does not make light red. It makes pink.
• There are so many shades of red. I need more experience mixing colours. Lots of paint gets wasted and it takes a lot of time.
• Don't paint while you are very hungry. It really messes with your concentration.