Visual Language Magazine Contemporary Fine Art Vol 2 No 1 January 2013
Visual Language is the common connection around the world for art expressed through every media and process. The artists connect through their creativity to the viewers by both their process as well as their final piece. No interpreters are necessary because Visual Language Magazine crosses all boundaries.
Visual Language is the common connection around the world for art expressed through every media and process. The artists connect through their creativity to the viewers by both their process as well as their final piece. No interpreters are necessary because Visual Language Magazine crosses all boundaries.
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Linda McCoy<br />
http://www.cfai.co/lindamccoy/<br />
http://www.cfai.co/colors-on-my-palette/linda-mccoy/<br />
COLORS ON MY PALETTE<br />
When did you realize you loved art and wanted to be ‘an artist’ I was always amazed by art, but also<br />
convinced I wouldn’t be able to do it. I didn’t start painting until I was 35, I took a local oil painting workshop.<br />
It was an awakening for me and I have been painting ever since.<br />
Who has been the greatest influence from your past to mentor you to this career<br />
My mother who sat for hours and hours coloring with my sister and I while we recovered from Rheumatic<br />
Fever.<br />
Who is your mentor today, or another artist you admire and why For watercolor I admire the works of<br />
the incredbible Nita Engle. She has an incredible glow to her watercolors. John Lovett for the way he uses<br />
watercolor and ink. For oil painting I enjoy the work of John Singer Sargent, for not only his color palette, but<br />
the enormous body of work he created. The detail of his portraits in the jewelery and clothing, achieved with<br />
just a brush stroke are an amazement to me.<br />
What is your favorite surface to paint on Describe it if you make it yourself. For small detailed still<br />
life paintings I use gessoboard, I like the smooth surface. Other oil paintings are completed on canvas. For<br />
watercolor I use Arches 140lb cold press paper, or Sennelier 140lb cold press.<br />
What brand of paints do you use The majority of paints on my palette are handmade from Blue Ridge in<br />
Asheville, <strong>No</strong>rth Carolina. I like Gamblin’s Titanium White, and all of the other colors I use are from Winsor &<br />
Newton.<br />
Do you have a favorite color palette For oil paints I use white, cadmium yellow, cadmium yellow medium,<br />
permanent rose, cadmium red light, napthol red, pyrol ruby red, ultramarine blue, colbalt blue, cerulean<br />
blue, thalo blue, thalo green. This is my main palette of colors, but I will add a new color if I feel like experimenting.<br />
I do not use burnt umber, except on the very rare occasion I need a burnt umber back ground. I<br />
never mix it with any of colors on my palette. This is true in both oil and watercolor. My watercolor palette, is<br />
lemon yellow, aurolean, cadmium scarlett, permanent rose, windsor red, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, cerulean<br />
blue, paynes grey, thalo green, these are all Winsor Newton colors.<br />
What is your favorite color in your closet Turquoise<br />
What subject appears the most in your paintings and whyFlowers, for the sheer beauty of their color,<br />
intricate detail and grace. Hyacinths are definitely one of my favorites. When the sunlight warms the petals,<br />
also creating deep shadows, I will paint until I have captured every nuance. When I am painting, their fragrance<br />
fills the room.<br />
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How often do you paint How many hours a week Everyday, sometimes eight hour days if I am working<br />
on a detailed painting. I keep a sketchbook nearby, if I think of an idea for a painting or I need to do some<br />
thumbnails I will drop everything and sketch it.<br />
How would you like to be remembered As a good colorist.
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