A Greener Shade of Blue

Lights and Darks at Culzean

Oil on board   20 x 24"

Bridget Hunter 2012

I've painted the small pond at Culzean before but recently went sketching there again and used the sketch as a resource for this painting. It's very much based on a new colour I bought - Windsor Blue ( green shade) which is very strong and needs scouring powder to remove from the  hands !! It's always the same with a new colour though- the need to use it to prove you've not wasted your money.

Watercolour in sketchbook

Untitled in Greens

Untitled in Greens

Oil on board  20x20"

Bridget Hunter 2012

A painting from a photo taken last year at Culzean.  I've changed it from landscape to square format because, being a bit "Scroogelike", I had a frame that size and shape from another painting and wanted to use it. No real artistic reason then -  more a case of needs must !!

I'm at a loss as to thoughts for a title. It's a view of a field at Culzean at a time when lush greens, due to our sometimes wet climate, were everywhere. 

There is no gold in the painting and I don't know why it appears as if there is. 

My photo used as a reference.