Marybeth Heikes

Paintings in Watercolor & Mixed Media

Posts Tagged “Caboose”

Retired

Retired

January 21, 2013

I couldn’t resist doing my sixth painting of the Burlington Northern caboose. The difference is the hot press paper and the size.  I used artistic license to eliminate all the rust spots on it, so it’s beautiful and spiffed up now.  Various pigments were used for the main color , as I find it impossible […] more »

Santa Fe Caboose

Santa Fe Caboose

February 2, 2011

This caboose was painted from my photo taken in 2004. I found it sitting in someone’s front yard. The red pigment was difficult to duplicate; I mixed a cool red quinacridone red and a warm cadmium red light. Yellows were mixed in similar manner, a cool one — gamboge — and a warm cadmium yellow […] more »