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Pastel Colors Far Away

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Light!

Coming to the beach I look at what I like most, and sometimes nothing clear stands out.

Then you sit down and absorb more sensitive, in a relaxed state. And then the gift of inspiration can hit again.

Here the beautiful light far away, coloring everything in a pastel (soft color) struck me most.
More and more I think we'll need to be 'colorists' understanding color contrast and optical mixing as a tool to indicate 'light'.

171. SSP08-2024 Pastel View and Kite 20x29 cm | 8x11.5" Oils/Panel | Roos Schuring 2024
These paintings are placed in my paintings shop here

This was May 1st, still cold enough for the full winter coat outfit.

Many blues, and light ochres.
For example, for a far away dune, mixing a greener blue and put it next to a purple blue edge creates a grey-ish area, if you have saturated cerulean dots in this area, the eye mixes the 3 together.
The result is a 'far-away' color, that feels greyish, yet the saturation makes it feel 'in sunlight'.
See this,

Your Seascapes will get that spark of life in, when you can paint them there: standing on the beach.

Even if you don't live near a beach, you can book a holiday to a place near the ocean and start painting there.

If you want to get inspired with my videos about painting Seascapes, you can find my video course How-to Seascapes here and ►Painting Summer Seascapes is here.

Posts and Paintings per Category:

■ SEASCAPES
■ SUNRISE-SUNSET
■ CLOUDS
■ GREY
■ LANDSCAPES
■ NOCTURNES
■ COWS
■ SNOW
■ SUMMER
■ FIGURES
■ FLOWERS