Article · Marc Dalessio
On Green
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2014
About this lesson
A plein air painter explains how he mixes four families of landscape greens from two blues and two yellows (cerulean or ultramarine with cadmium yellow light or ochre) and when he uses each one, and argues for keeping outdoor greens bright rather than browned down.
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