Two little studies

[Donna T]

Thank you sevan.
Thanks Patricia, I am learning that transparent colors are crucial for shadows. Yellow ochre makes good earth tones but it kills the shadows.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Donna, lovely ... both. I love the landscape, could be southern Colorado or northern New Mexico so reminds me of home. The oranges look good enough to eat. I like the color in your background for the shadows. But I love purple. I'm smiling.

 

[Donna T]

Thank you Jo. I wrecked the oranges in the process of trying to learn about glazing but that’s ok. They are all experiments!

 

[Grapes]

Donna, I'd say you could use semi-transparent colors for glazing. I do. The color for the shadows you are looking for is ultramarine blue deep from old holland, you can glaze with that shadow sides of the mountains, shadows in the landscape, still life shadows etc. (Check the thread 'What art materials have bought recently' I just got two more tubes of it for the summer's pleinairs.) You can mix a dot of any red to turn it to little bit reddish but I lately use also raw umber. With that mix you get a real dark mix. If there's a greenish shadow then you can maybe try just a tiny bit of ochre mixed with that blue.