rees valley 8x10 color and value study

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Comment by susie gregory on November 24, 2011 at 6:49

thanks li!  can't wait for next  month - i am learning so much!

Comment by Ningning Li on November 24, 2011 at 5:33

I like this color study, You have a good tast of color, very nice and your knife work too. Your workshop2 is another beautiful one. I like it very much.

Comment by susie gregory on November 17, 2011 at 1:24

thanks for your comments stu - this was only a very speedy little study - i was so anxious to get back at painting after being away so long...just dashed it off...i did do a few black and white studies..i don't think i know what the posterize tool is...i have yet to get proficient at photo shop!...hoping to get back up there today - i'm working on a larger version as well...trying to get loose and throw paint around - and i cropped it a bunch at the bottom...maybe too much?

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on November 16, 2011 at 17:02

Susie, interesting composition with plenty of chroma.  Your clouds are competing with your snow and it's hard to differentiate the distant mountains from the snow.  Print out and look at your 4 or 5 value study and your 2 value study (Notan)  in Photoshop using your conversion to B&W and then the posterize tool.  You need more separation of your value masses to make this work well.  You might try a small (6 by 6 inch) value study before you go larger with marking pens or with paint.  Look at Chris Roughton's value study, notan and her final painting (it is only a 6 by 6 inch work); she has great separation of her values.  You may also want to lighten up your highlights a little.  Hope my critique does not offend you; I really do like your clean color and thick paint.  Stu