Judith Reidy's Stour River Boat Tour View: Gainsbourgh's Painting Area

Theses following paintings of mine originated from a trip in Essex, England near a town called Great Henny.  This view of the Stour River and other views forthcoming are typical of what Gainsborough painted in this his countryside.  The land the shapes of the trees and the water all tell you the story of pastoral peace and comfort.

Stour River Boat Tour View 1a
by Judith Reidy
Acrylic 9" X 12"

Stour River Boat Tour View1b
by Judith Reidy
Acrylic 9" X 12"

Stour River Boat Tour View1c
by Judith Reidy
Acrylic 9" X 12"

Stour River Boat Tour View 1d
by Judith Reidy
Acrylic 9" X 12"

Stour River Boat Tour View 1e
by Judith Reidy
Acrylic 9" X 12"

Stour River Boat Tour View 1a demo
by Judith Reidy
Acrylic 9" X 12"

New Pink Lily Painted by Judith Reidy

Pink Lily by Judith Reidy
9" x 12"
Acrylic Painting

 This past Saturday during two demos I started this painting of a Pink Lily.  I was working on creating a glow of light with layers of color.

Judith Reidy's Prize Winning Painting at the Milwaukee Domes Festival

Through the Trees at Michell Park
Acrylic
9x12 unframed
16 x 19 framed
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I won one of the two prizes at the Milwaukee Domes Art Festival Plein Air Event. Wow, the prize money more than covers the cost of all my summer competition expenditures! What a thrill! I am so grateful!

Flower Shop Painting Demo by Judith Reidy

Flower Shop by Judith Reidy

   Now this was a lot of fun.  I made this painting as a demo right inside my New Berlin Michaels Arts and Crafts store.  The flower lady, Sandy, in the back ground was happy to have this painting of her in the flower shop.  Hope you enjoy the fun.

See these Pieces at Rivers End Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tricky Project in Reading Colors as Values

 Hope you enjoy this tricky project of reading colors as values.

• Black to White in seven steps
• Raw Sienna to light 4 steps
• Raw Sienna and Cad Red Light 4 steps to white
• Cad Red Light 4 steps to white
• Burnt Umber in six steps
• Raw Umber in seven steps

Take a look in Grayscale. 

What do you think? 

• Is Raw Sienna and Cad Red Lt and the mix of the two actually closest to the third lightest grey?
• Maybe all the colors in the fourth row are too light for the middle value?  Yes ! 

• Can the Raw Umber and Burnt Umber  very Lightest  and second lightest be made lighter to match their gray value

Well, back to correcting the values.

Reading colors as values can be tricky