Color

Oh color! I adore rich colors. Like in this photo of Virginia Bluebells just beginning to open in a back garden. White to soft pink to rich yummy pink to lavender and then periwinkle blue. Soon they will all be azure blue. I like the mixture in this image. Hmmm. This would make a lovely pastel painting.

To think that early on I was frightened to use color in my artwork. I used charcoal, pencil, crayon all black and white. My very favorite was to use a fine nib pen with India ink. Hatch marks with that fine nib and India ink would create such texture. I still use hatch marks, but love to add color.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

2 thoughts on “Color”

  1. Brenda, I love your pen and ink of the car, and you’re right, the bluebells would make a lovely painting. Have you showed your work?
    Nancy

  2. Hi Nancy,

    So glad you like my antique car. I had just been going through my portfolio from MANY years ago when I found that. Fun to have a look back at things from the past. About showing any of the work, several years ago I had an exhibit of my quilts in what was then The Town Shops at the corner of Main and Celt Roads. And I had an exhibit of some of my photos at the visitor center, also several years ago.

    Thanks bunches for reading my posts!
    Bren

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