The colour Mustard Yellow was selected by Louise Gale for this months Creative Colour Challenge. I can honestly say that I have never set out with the intention to paint something yellow so this was indeed a bit of a challenge. The colour yellow conjured up visions of sunshine, daffodils, sunflowers, the honey mustard in the fridge. It also brought back memories of Autumn, as the winter closes in, the leaves turn a million different shades of golden yellow and have all but completely fallen from the tree.
I took some inspiration this month from an artist by the name of Anne Baldwin whose book "Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed-Media Artists" I recently bought. I really love her work and several of her paintings gave me some ideas for my Golden Autumn piece. In the end, it turned out to be more of a yellow/orange finish.
Art: Golden Autumn
"Yellow mellow, ripened days... Beauteous, golden Autumn days."
~ Will Carleton
Acrylic paints, collage, textured papers used for stamping and some oil pastels here and there for extra shading.
So pretty! Your yellows (even the mustard LOL) are gorgeous--and the wonderful layers and texture keep drawing me back for another look.
ReplyDeleteI love your golden Autumn piece....beautiful...I think I want to buy that book. Going to have a google now :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful piece! Well done for a tough challenge!
ReplyDeleteI love what you've done here! I can just "feel" the image and all the textures.
ReplyDeleteOh this is delightful ~ love trees and your composition and colors are wonderful ~thanks, namaste, ^_^
ReplyDeleteOh my... this is so beautiful. i actually love the mustard yellow & those 3 white rectangles to the right add so much here. Just gorgeous... xoxo
ReplyDeletelove love love it!! BEautimous and bold. even a whole lot of magical!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a truly beautiful piece! You've captured the color and mood so well. Love it! xx
ReplyDeleteOh this is a beautiful piece, thank you so much for joining in. Louise xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a successful challenge for you. This is so full of warmth and I love it.
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