The Harbor, 12 X 12 acrylic on board. My very final painting for this workshop!! Three times & i'm out. But always learn so much.
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Hi Walda. Try this: Plan you painting in just 4 or 5 values. Mix these 4 or 5 values in a gray scale off to the side of your palette. When you do your thumbnail, make a 4 or 5 value gray scale on your paper ..when you do your drawing for the thumbnail ..use ONLY those 4 or 5 values. When you have a nice value pattern that you like, then begin the painting .. starting with your darkest value ..compare each color mix for the darks against your gray scale pile of 4 or 5 values ..then paint those darks on your canvas in flat shapes .....after you do that ..no where else on the canvas will that value be. Then go on to the next value and repeat the process. After you have laid in all the color shapes in the appropriate 4 or 5 values ...THEN go back into the painting and make all your adjustments ...you will paint smaller shapes into your large value shapes ...creating warm and cools. You will adjust edges, etc.
Nice work Walda. Nice use of complimentary colors and good shapes in the foreground and buildings. I do feel that you have compressed your values a little ... there is a large interval between that very dark value shape at the upper left, the shadow on the water, and the trees in relation to the other values. I think you could really raise the value of the sky ..lighter then the water ..and relate it more to the water by using a warmer blue. The mountain could be better related to the background by lifting its value a little darker then the sky and infusing the atmosphere color into it. A lot of the artist in this exercise are making these foreground boats to icy cold ..infuse them with those warm greens and make some warm grays by mixing the 2 compliments you are using. Infuse some of the warmth from the buildings into the water. Make the value of the sunlit sandy beach much higher in value ..much lighter then the water ..in fact, probably the lightest value other then the sky value. :)
Great job Walda. You have used complimentaries to great effect
Very nice Walda, your colours are working together so well, very nice on the eye!
Another wonderful one!! Great job dear Walda!!
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