Sunday, February 20, 2011

Direct To You from Sunny California

This is a 5"X7" itsy bitsy watercolor painting I did last December. I used the last of my Manganese Blue for the sky. REAL Manganese blue, not the contemporary fake stuff. I'm so sad, but take heart, David!...they still make Opera.
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17 comments:

  1. Carol BlackburnFebruary 20, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Beautifully done, David. I checked it out close up and it is wonderful.

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  2. David LobenbergFebruary 20, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    Glad you like this one, Carol. Stay warm.

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  3. Cynthia SchelzigFebruary 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    really juicy orange....it pops off my screen!! Nothing like a home-grown CA orange,,,that is for sure.

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  4. MontseFebruary 20, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    Bellísimas naranjas, David.

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  5. Meera RaoFebruary 20, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    Love the beautiful variety of colors in green leaves and the oranges :)

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  6. RH CarpenterFebruary 20, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    Looks ready to pick and eat! Beautiful colors throughout. You use Opera? I've been told and read that it's very fugitive?

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  7. Autumn LeavesFebruary 21, 2011 at 2:49 AM

    Nice light through this one. Love the deckled edges (unless I'm seeing wrong, always a possibility)!

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  8. David LobenbergFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    Cynthia, Montse, and Meera, So glad you like my sweet succulent watercolor!

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  9. David LobenbergFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Rhonda, If you put a watercolor up in an area where there is non-direct light, Opera may last 50 years instead of the normal 100 years or longer. I think 50 years is long enough.

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  10. David LobenbergFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    Autumn, you are seeing right...those are deckled edges cut with a pair of deckle scissors that I purchased from a scrap booking store.

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  11. UnknownFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    I remember manganese from Ceramics - isn't that stuff poisonous? Looks great though!

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  12. Jeanette JobsonFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:37 AM

    Its gorgeous. My dream is to see oranges growing on a tree instead of on a supermarket shelf.

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  13. David LobenbergFebruary 24, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Evelyn, Yes! Toxic stuff. That's why they don't make it anymore, but it sure was a GREAT color!

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  14. David LobenbergFebruary 24, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    Jeanette, Guess in your neck of the woods, there are not too many orange trees!

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  15. Barbara MuirFebruary 26, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    Hi David,

    I know what you mean. That was my favorite colour in watercolour for what it did. This is a spectacular painting. Wonderful.

    Ciao,

    Barbara

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  16. DianneFebruary 27, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    That is really beautiful, it makes me want to go out and paint under my lemon tree! And you're right, that is a wonderful blue. It was not wasted, it is the perfect color with the oranges and their leaves.

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  17. David LobenbergMarch 1, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    Thanks, Barb and Dianne. RIP mag. blue.

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