Saturday, October 4, 2008

Pauvre Mauve Pears

This began as a sort of tea-stained board. The pear color is the 'compliment' of that tea-colored surface. Blue-violet being the compliment of the drab ochre. Palette below. The four there in a row that all look black are actually various tints of a wonderful deep deep Terry Ludwig aubergine (technically a "violet"). Neat color!

Inspirational pears here.

1 comment:

Samter Petuel said...

Hey J.
I love how most of your pears are in pairs. Lots of great colors.
Might you change the name of your blog to "Just Pears?"

Don't forget to try some Seckel pears. They are quite fun. How about getting back to some pear watercolors, or gouache?
By the way, do you know about the city in Russia named Zagazig? There is a University there also.