"Urban Adobe", 40" x 30" acrylic on unstretched canvas, Lori LaBerge 2018
"Urban Adobe" developed from adobe style homes seen on a trip out west. I love the little alleyways between buildings. The earthy colors of places like Taos combined with the pale blues and pinks more reminiscent of California, result in an unexpected color combination. The canvas was left unstretched and hangs like a tapestry.
Sections were taped off to create clean edges. A regular house painting brush was used along with a credit card edge, palette knife and paper towels rubbed into paint.
Underpainting was used to create a base layer of color. This color can be seen through the topcoat. Rather than use one color overall for the underpainting, various colors were used in different areas. Here red sienna and brown are used.
Above shows the final effect after the peach paint was applied over the brown/red paint and tape was removed.
The close-up shows a section of the central building area. The gray and peach areas have the strongest variance in value of colors between undercoating and topcoat emphasizing their importance as part of the focal point. I may look at this crop as a possible painted textile piece to be developed in the future.
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