In my blog, I am trying various color schemes to expand my painting vocabulary.  To that end, I am selecting a different color scheme/limited palette each week and basing three little 8 x 6   or 10 x 8paintings upon that color palette.  If you have any suggestions of color palettes I should try, please email me at nanvenhuizen@gmail.com. ( I’d love to have a comment section on this page, but I haven’t yet figured out how to do that!)

My paintings are all for sale at-

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/nan-venhuizen-9368

For these three paintings, I used only two colors-Ultramarine Blue and Cadmium Orange-with white, of course!  Though I don’t think I’ll use this color scheme very much, but painting these three paintings was a useful exercise.  I tried to use the blue in the shadow areas and the orange in the sunlit areas.  It, therefore, made me very aware of sunlight and shade. 

Tree and Barn. 8 x 10

Rural Vista.  8 x 10

Evening Hay Bales 8 x 10