{"id":1006,"date":"2019-06-13T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:49:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T09:49:52","slug":"a-tonal-study-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"A tonal study 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Belem-window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1008\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Belem-window-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Belem-window-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Belem-window-85x150.jpg 85w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Belem-window-578x1024.jpg 578w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Belem-window.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 85vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>And finish it I did.\u00a0 A bit clumsy in places, but maybe I&#8217;m nit-picking!<\/p>\n<p>I like the freshness of the Cobalt, a beautiful warm blue.\u00a0 Dilute Burnt Sienna\u00a0 on the stonework adds its mite to the glow, while the mix gives me a dark which is not too great a contrast to the other tones.\u00a0 Working this size is a blessed relief as more recent attempts have been a quarter of this size. \u00a0\u00a0 The idea of working small was to relieve the pressure of &#8220;making a painting&#8221;.\u00a0 Frankly, I can &#8220;not make a painting&#8221; on any size of paper &#8230;.. it&#8217;s a skill I have been developing lately .\u00a0 So maybe I should stick\u00a0 to larger sketch pads in future.<\/p>\n<p>This size has allowed me to indicate some of the intricate carving so characteristic of Lisbon architecture of this period.\u00a0 You have to see it to believe it.\u00a0 Think of baroque decoration then add more baroque decoration on top!\u00a0 Every decorative carving is itself decorated.\u00a0 Even at this size, it&#8217;s not possible to show all. Tiny shadows, flecks of light, must suffice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And finish it I did.\u00a0 A bit clumsy in places, but maybe I&#8217;m nit-picking! I like the freshness of the Cobalt, a beautiful warm blue.\u00a0 Dilute Burnt Sienna\u00a0 on the stonework adds its mite to the glow, while the mix gives me a dark which is not too great a contrast to the other tones.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1006\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A tonal study 2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}