Artist Studio
This lesson is based on working from a 3 to 4 value, lights, darks and middle value, value pattern, then sketching it on the paper using lines, not the shaded values. Using a sketch as opposed to a photo offers you the opportunity to design your own composition, pick your own color palette, and to
Continue Reading “Light and Shadow, Watercolor Demonstration”
Today I want to show you a demonstration about editing and painting from a very complicated and unfocused image. This image of a harbor in Maine has a lot of interesting things to represent, the foggy atmosphere and distant islands, the lobster boats with terrific reflections, and the foreground with the weeds and textures.
I painted this painting as a demonstration for my class in Rockland, Maine and I think the demonstration was effective in explaining how to get the basic values and shapes established within about an hour. This amount of time should give you pretty consistent light unless you are painting right around noon and the sun
I finished this painting last week, which I did as a demonstration in Rockland Maine in September. I had to correct a few values that were a little wobbly. The water behind the rocks and gulls was too light making it impossible to see the birds. The water under the rocks needed some darker reflections
The weather changed and it was quite spectacular. Blue skies, wispy clouds, light and shadow it was the perfect day to end the workshop. I hope you have enjoyed my blog the last 2 weeks and maybe you will consider joining me next year the first 2 weeks in September. Painting with friends is always
Continue Reading “In The Studio: The last Day at Rockport, 2016”
Woke up to rainy overcast skies and so we headed to the Camden Yacht Club to paint. They are so nice to let us paint on their covered porch. Today’s lesson was another of my paint the scene quickly and try to get a feeling for the type of day. The group really did well