Painting on Location
by Donald A. Jusko

Silver Oak and Jacarandas

03-21-03

11x15 Oil paint on linen panel

The purple jacaranda grove in Makawao. Jacaranda's start blooming at this 2,000 ft. altitude.

The orange and yellow-orange flowers of the Silver Oak are a complement color to the cobalt sky. I like to put complements from my color wheel side by side when I see them happen... and two major sets of complements is hard to pass up. Purple jacarandas and yellow-green sunlit grass is a given. Expect perfection, it happens all the time!


Day 1, it's very windy but a beautiful day Upcountry Maui. Today's medium is alkyd oil medium and oil paints. Jean Giordano is painting with me.

Windy !


 
   We found a place in the shade with a little wind protection and by 10:30 we were painting, well Jean was painting, I was drawing till 12:00. We finished for the day at 2:45.
   The other tree that is in full bloom is the Silver Oak (or Black Oak.)

Don
Don, day 1

Jean
Jean day 1


 
Day 2, March 22, 2003.

I went back to my old favorite mixed oil medium,
it's easier to work with.

A 2 ounce bottle of medium is made of;
5 drops off the knife of cobalt drier, equals about 2%,
1 part stand oil,
3/4 part sun thickened linseed oil,
1/4 part raw cold pressed linseed oil,
1/8 part turpentine,
1/8 part bees wax desolved in warm turpentine.

Don day2

Jean day 2


 
Day 3, 

Don day 3

Day 4, 

Day 4

Drawing on the dry paint with white chalk to make the road lines and shadows.

Chalk drawing for shadows


 
Day 5, 

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Jacaranda Paintings from 2002 to 2008

5-20-2 Early Spring Jacaranda Acrylic
6-5-2 Highest Jacaranda 4,000 Ft. Oil
6-15-2 Jacaranda and Driveway 3,500 Ft. Oil
3-21-3 Silver Oak and Jacarandas 2,000 Ft. Acrylic
#897 4-24-3 Acrylic
4-29-3 to 5-7-3 Oil
4-11-3 Acrylic 30x22
5-21-3 3,000 Ft. Acrylic
June, 2005, Kula, Copal Medium, Oil Medium, Water Color Medium
5-22-3 Knife Paintings Oil
5-27-03 /acrylic
4-26-5 mastic and wax
5-10-5
4-26-6 Mike's house Acrylic
4-29-7 to 5-9-7 Oil
5-10-7 to 5-20-7 Holy Ghost Church Acrylic
5-10-7 to 5-20-7 Kula Post Office Jacaranda Acrylic


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