Friday, February 25, 2011

Zippo-Light My Fire Oil Painting

Copyright 2011 Maria Soto Robbins




This painting was inspired by the latest Daily Painting Works Challenge. We were to use only burnt sienna, ultramarine blue and titanium white. That's it, no other colors! 

It was a bit difficult to achieve a wide array of values and temperatures with these 3 colors only, but I think it came out very nicely and it was fun working with these colors that I've always loved.



Dimension: 8x10x canvas panel 
Media: Oils 



To see Zippo in my Etsy store, click here.

6 comments:

Cari said...

I love it. It's amazing how it looks like it's actually metalic and reflective!! Nice job.

Maria Soto Robbins said...

Thank you, Cari:)

Claire Beadon Carnell said...

Wonderful - and I love the purplish tones you got with this limited palette!

Maria Soto Robbins said...

Thank you very much, Claire!

Unknown said...

Wow...that is really neat...
you nailed that challenge!
I can feel the coolness of the metal, and the anticipation of a spark, and fire.
I <3 it!

BTW, the link to your Etsy store isn't working...

Hugs...
Linda :)
http://capecodjewel.etsy.com
http://capecodjewel.blogspot.com

Maria Soto Robbins said...

Thank you very much, Linda!
I checked my link and it seems to be working fine now!
Hugs~~