Fall painting palette choice, II

Only a couple days ago I decided I would use alizarin, indanthrone blue and yellow ochre as a start to my fall equestrian paintings. Already, before picking up a brush, I changed my mind. I have made a combination of pthalo blue, pthalo emerald (cool), transparent earth red (oxide), nickel tirtrate yellow and buff titanium. I don't have the ability to make a true red and would add that should a 'pink coat' be part of the composition. Often I refer to Munnings work. I have no idea what pigments he used but I can come up with similar colors in my own mixing. Painting mostly from life, it appears to me he was very fast. As I have mentioned before, painting at speed requires careful palette choices. The limited paletter is just pointing myself in a direction to begin with. Exploring the depth of range with just a few colors helps to keep a composition mood together. A highlight color can be added later.

I took a photo years back at the Theadore Randolph Field Hunter Championships. My zoom lenz was too tight to the horse and rider but caught an interesting mid lead change moment galloping down hill. I often choose horse and rider compositions showing extreme effort. As a horse breeder and trainer I am always impressed by how much a horse is willing to offer mentally and physically. Highlighting these moments hopefully makes a strong impression on those in our industry or not.