after many months I'm getting back to painting..and remembering that one of the best things about it is the way I can forget everything and just think about the paint.
this is an 8x10 in progress - I wass drawn to the high contrast between dark and light - and have "lost" that in the painting - hoping I can find a way to capture it. As you can see in my sketch, I'm considering adding the two (really three if you count the stroller?) figures, with mom the focal point & child looking back the secondary..but now I'm not sure if I should add them. Also think my road is way too cool. I would appreciate comments/critiques/advice..
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You can do it .. you're dealing with just 4 values ... vary the color and temperature within each of those 4 value shapes ..but do not vary the value of the shapes. ... think in terms of shape, value, chroma, and temperature ..don't think of painting trees, road, or sky. You will be surprised at how easy this painting will come together.
This is step 3 of Lori's painting ... steps 1 , 2, and 3 are in the blog with comments on what I did at each step. The figures are not painted .... after Lori transfers the steps to her computer, I will toss this. Anyway, the wipe out method was used to paint this because this painting was Notan and shape driven ... a lot of darks with a few lights.
HI Lori, I painted step 1 and posted it on the blog.
I decided to publish a blog post to show the progress of this painting to keep a better running account of the process and save the main photo page from a lot of little entries. Please feel free to follow along and offer your advice! xo
thanks Jess!
Look forward to seeing your progress, Lori! Certainly a beautiful subject!
It's kind of difficult to tell what direction the light is coming from ... but I think you are correct .. so we will go with that. When you wipe out the lights, don't wipe all the way to the white canvas ... leave a hint of the golden color as a stain. The imprimatura that is left after you wipe out the light shapes, represents your middle value lights. When you get to this point .. stop and post.
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