Henrieta Maneva
LandE scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
understand what feeling and emotion is evoked during this process and then decide what colors to use. However, this is not final. For me, I find that I need to add another color every day. One day it looks more greenish, then the next day I notice that the sunlight creates some yellowish tones. Each day becomes a mini discovery process. I think that one’ s own entire state of mind, emotional condition, and antagonistic feelings can influence the choice of palette. I personally just stop when I reach my level of comfort and don’ t feel that there is anything else to do on that painting. As a huge fan of drawing I started to use the colors very carefully. The subjects of my paintings did not require any exceptionally colorful palette. It was my daughter’ s idea to add more colors. She is an amazing artist, and definitely not afraid of using colors and different media. I always use burnt sienna, ultramarine, burnt umber, raw umber, yellow ochre, aqua, windsor green and of course purple( my teacher, Lena Shiffman’ s, favorite). Despite all controversy about the use of white paint, I use both Chinese white and titanium white. My favorite is titanium, because it helps me emphasize the unique glow of the buildings. I don’ t have an academic( formal education) background in art. For me, art is more experimental; there are no limits. Watercolor is more like treasure hunting: there are an open-ended amount of ways to reach the final product( it’ s your goal to find the treasure). There so many ways to find the“ treasure” and they may not always be the most popular, but one could be the right one.