A nice tree palette for Florida

Tree Paintings

Notes From My Tree Journal

I did this 9x12 painting today and I really enjoyed it. I had no problems with it which leads me to believe it is my plein air work that I'm having trouble adjusting to.  This was a studio painting, so thank goodness the studio work seems to be going smoothly.

I particularly like this palette for Florida paintings.

Yellow Ochre (Old Holland)

Ultramarine Blue (Golden)

Cadmium Lemon Yellow (Old Holland)

Titanium White (Winsor & Newton)

Ivory Black (Winsor & Newton)

Cadmium Red Light (Old Holland)

This is the palette I most often use and it has a great range without getting out of control.

There are a few colors that I can add as accents here and there at the end of the painting occasionally but this painting only has the above colors:

Red iron Oxide (Old Holland)

Thalo Blue Red Shade (Old Holland)

Cad Yellow Medium (Grumbacher)

Rose (Winsor & Newton)

The first six colors are really good for winter painting too, using a heavier bias of the ocher and less of the cad lemon.