A Year of Late Cornish Day 329

Trei Hansves Dedh Naw warn Ügens

De Lün, wheffes warn ügens mis Dû.

Monday, 26^th November

Nag ew lowr an ger “melyn” rag lymners. Me a sarchyas en  cofer et ow stûdio ha me a gavas lies piben a liw -  liwyow oyl, liwyow acrylek, liwyow dowr (dall ha boll), gen nebes ehen a “melyn”. Me a gavas nebes ehen a rüdh ewedh. Liwyow ell bos natural po synthetek (creftys). Natural liwyow melyn ha rüdh ew dhort prei liwys – gossen, tir a Siena, tir tewal. Ma horn ettans, gen monyow erol. An prei leskys ew moy dû. Da ens rag liwya tirwedhyow. Melyn ha rüdh ew liwyow “tòbm”. Da ens e’n gwel rag – mons ow tos war rag -  da rag gwelva. Na wrewgh gorra melyn po rüdh e’n gwel delher (en pelder) – drog rag perspectiv. Me a gar ûsya gossen melyn rag an treth - an liw own ew. Mars nag eus bes liwyow tòbm en pictour ena nag eus perspectiv veth. An brith spladn ma ew gen Julia Rowlands (Krowji, Redrüdh).  

The word “yellow” is not adequate for painters. I searched in a chest in my studio and I found a lot of tubes of paint – oil paints, acrylic paints, watercolours (opaque and transparent), with several varieties of yellow. I found several types of red as well. Colours can be natural or synthetic (artificial). Natural yellow and red colours are from coloured clays – ochre, Sienna, umber. There is iron in them, with other minerals. The burnt clay is darker. They are good for painting landscapes. Yellow and red are “warm” colours. They are good in the foreground – they come forward – good for perspective. Do not put yellow or red in the background (in the distance) – bad for perspective. I love using yellow ochre for the beach - it's the right colour. If there are only warm colours in a picture then there is no perspective at all. This bright painting is by Julia Rowlands (Krowji, Redruth).