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Steve Fleming

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Creative Jumpstart: Different Colors Same design

In this exercise use a simple straight-forward design with a well indicated light pattern.  Do a value pattern and work directly from the value pattern.  It will be really hard to work from a photograph since the goal is to make up the colors while still keeping the strong feeling of light source.  Tape the

Creative Jumpstart: Direction of Light Changes the Scene

This will seem daunting at first but there is no time like now to begin to think about the direction of light as something you, yes you, can manipulate to create a different painting while using the same shapes.  I know we did this once before but I think it is a very important skill