My Halloween Triad.

Me and all of the other employees that worked in the Daniel Smith Stores were asked to choose a holiday theme triad, create line art for the triad and paint a version using the triad colors.  For those of you who do not know, Triads are set of three watercolors that Daniel Smith Artist Materials offers. There is the basic color primary triad and the secondary color triad. There are also special limited edition triads. The limited edition triads are often around a theme such as a Holiday or just an idea for a painting. Here are the current limited edition triads to give you an idea.

Last year I created the Frankenstein Triad, I got to choose my own colors which was a green, a purple, and a black. This year I did not get to make my own, I had to choose from triads that we had previously sold. Working part time has its benefits and downsides. This is one of the downsides. I was one of the last to choose, so I was limited to what I got to do.

I had gotten the Transylvania Triad. It offers French Ultramarine, Indigo and Organic Vermillion. Two blues and a red. A remarkably limited palette. The original featured artwork of a woman vampire wearing a Victorian era dress done in blue with red for the blood on and near her fangs. Sadly I do not have the original artwork. I knew I wanted to do something different, I choose to do Bram's Castle in Transylvania. I however was not able to get my original artwork back due to it being used to for multiple marketing purposes.

It was a challenge and I felt it came out very good. I used the vermillion for the roof and ultramarine for the castle walls. The sky was painted with a mixture of vermillion and ultramarine. Finally the trees below were done with indigo and a hint of vermillion here and there to soften the trees further back.

I do however have an image of the sets I was able to produce for the store.