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Comment by Candi Hogan on April 18, 2016 at 2:52

Jessica THANKS!  Going to start doing this all the time.  Wow, what a difference!  Compared both in a text document. .Would have posted, but won't copy to the Text link

Comment by Candi Hogan on April 18, 2016 at 1:44

Thanks Jessica, I had desaturated the photo, mid way through, when all the greens were looking the same to me.  Thanks for the tip on doing it to the little study though, I will do that!  Michael, I' ll pick up the other black and try again.

Comment by Jessica Futerman on April 18, 2016 at 1:28

It's a lovely scene, Candi - one thing I do often is to put the photo into greyscale or black & white; then you can see the values much more easily.  You can also take a photo of your painting when you're finished & put that into black & white to see how accurately you've got the values.  

Comment by Michael J. Severin on April 17, 2016 at 17:02

Squint Candi, and you will see that the green shapes are middle value ... not light.  

The upright sections of wall that are in the light are a darker value then the flat plane of the courtyard and top of the wall.  Note the warm reflected light in the shadow on the wall.

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