Painting a bit today before the Roton. Considering paintings an an expression of one emotion, I wanted to expand on some existing works to enlarge them. Sacre Coeur is a simple painting of a burning heart, an emotion of longing, so a portrait, the object of desire, seemed to be a good second painting for this. I found a photograph of Deborah from our visit to Little Moreton Hall, and used that as my image, blurry though it was.
The colours (clearly) unify it. These are simply Light Red, with a touch of white for lighter areas, then Cobalt Turquoise Green, and Raw Umber in some areas. The umber and cobalt turquoises go so well together, magical. Umber - yellow, Cobalt - blue/green, and red, so we have all hues bar violet.
