”What separates artists from ex-artists is that those who challenge their fears continue; those who don’t, quit. from "Art and Fear" by David Bayles and Ted Orland
This blog is about learning to paint. The road began in January, 2011.
"Step by step a path, stone by stone, a cathedral " (Phil Cousineau)
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Red - Februrary 9, 2011
Mike had grocery shopping duty on this date so he chose this apple as the subject for Red. It was more difficult to paint than I thought it would be. I still don't like it. (sigh) I'm glad this red apple is behind me.
In addition to the color value study, for homework I did the requisite values scale. This should come in handy for reference. These samples watches are the hues in my palate and their complements. For each hue out of the tube (row 1) 100% I mix in 50% white, row 2. Then I add more white to make row 3. The samples along the bottom rows are the complements of row 1. I follow the same process, creating different values of each hue.
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