Artist Studio
This week I used the same image for my watercolor classes and ended up with 2 similar but distinctly different finished paintings. I give myself about 30-45 minutes to present the lesson and to do the completed painted. Interesting this is the same amount of time I give for my oil demonstrations but if the
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This painting is from an image of a really cold February morning at a farm in Upperville, VA. I was out walking before sunrise and was struck by the absolute still frozen air and the spectacular colors of a winter sunrise. I tried to capture the light that sort of floats on the darkness as
This lesson is really just an attempt at creating a dark ominous sky and an exercise in learning a little more about painting rocks. Remember to draw your rocks big angular and hard that is what they are. Give them prominence but low enough in the sky that they will allow the sky to breathe. I am using a very dark value scheme and lots of rich dark blues, browns and yellows. Have a really good time with this a pay attention to the painting you must scrape the rocks just when the glisten has left the surface not after they left the paper and the whole thing dried. Big Brush, Bold Colors, and Brash Marks.