Workshop10 study 3

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Comment by Nancy Sands on June 23, 2012 at 19:49

Ciao Li, this is truly a work of art. Interesting seeing how you improved it from the original.

Comment by Xiao Li on June 23, 2012 at 10:06

Thank you Rita and Jessica for your kind comments. This is really a learning process and Patricia is the leading the way.

Patricia, I am using all cadmiums: cadmium orange (hue) plus a little cadmium yellow medium (hue) and cadmium red medium (hue). I have never used New Gamboge.  Should I use transparent colour for glowing light instead of opaque colours?  Where could I get the information on whether a particular colour is opaque or transparent?  I don't really know the real difference between hue and chroma. I heard people use those terms to describe colour, but in my mind they are all refer to colours.    

Comment by Riya on June 22, 2012 at 22:11

Very beautiful, Xiao. The light is absolutely great, the last light of a beautiful day, well done :))

Comment by Jess Paskel on June 22, 2012 at 17:29

This is absolutely beautiful Xiao!  I love the spotlight effect! 

Comment by Patricia Genever on June 22, 2012 at 16:10

BTW....Darkening that tree made a BIG difference... 

Just wandering what yellow hue you used Xiao??  A cadmium, which is more opaque, or a more transparent colour like New Gamboge for example??

Comment by Patricia Genever on June 22, 2012 at 16:04

I think we all learned a lot from you asking the question in the first place....Xiao!!

It looks so much better now...  Look at the comparison now....  :))

Comment by Xiao Li on June 22, 2012 at 14:11

Here is my third try.  As Patricia suggested, I darken the rocks on the right, and as Ningning suggested, I lighten the shadow on the first three smaller rocks on the right, so the glow area seems enlarged. Because the short distance between the rocks on the right, I can't make the far right rock too dark.  That will cause the differences in value on the shadow of all rocks too dramatic, so I change the tree on the right lower corner to a big dark cactus to darken the tone of the painting. It seems working.  Here is the grayscale comparison of the two paintings:

Thank you very much Patricia and Ningning!  It may still not perfect. Critiques are welcome.

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