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Originally Posted by Allan Rahbek
Dear Mikael,
I found a good illustration on the use of two colors in this painting by Corot.
His "Bridge at Narni" shows that he used Ochers and Blue for most of the picture. The greens in the trees are probably also made from those basic pigments.
Note also the great importance of the values.
The other painting is from Rome. How would that motive look now ?
Best Allan
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You dog you! Making me post my lousy landscape next to a Corot.
Anyway, your angle certainly gave me a push in the right direction, so thanks for that. Even before I saw the Corot's, I thought a lot on what you said with the two colors, and actually went back a lot to the subject without colors and easel, just to sit and see. The first day I was up there, the weather was extremely clear, and there was no aerial perspective at all, but the day after your last comment there was, and here is the result with a lot of yellow ochre and cerulean blue mixed with ultramarine violet that really made the ochre sing.
Something else happened which I have to share with you: I got an exhibition in a very prestigious gallery in Rome in September!
Now, if that is not great news, I don't know.
All the best
Mikael