"Melissa in the morning"
Don continued his discussion of color and value, noting that all colors have a place on the value scale. Color reads best in the middle value ranges. So we use lots of middle values, and some of light and dark values if we want a colorful painting. I painted Melissa in the morning wearing a lovely scarf and drape. This painting is just partially finished. I have yet one more, but I want to do a bit more work, as it's almost complete, and then I will post it.
In the afternoon, Don did a final demo on color values. You can see that he also sketched Melissa in the morning from a different position. Don probably painted this in less than 20 minutes so it's not one of his finished pieces, but impressive just the same.
I had another lovely lunch hour chatting with two fellow artists and Christina, one of our models. We sat under the tree at the Rosicrucian Museum. I will be keeping in touch with both Pat and Nancy. Nancy and I figured out our connection; she arranges the life drawing at the Los Gatos Art Museum that I attended on Tuesday afternoons in the fall. I hope to get back to doing that.
3 comments:
You are so lucky to be going to workshops Mary! I love these. Do you feel your figural painting has grown with this workshop?
The colour is definitely what counts in these two! Well conceived.
Thanks, Sheila and Dave. I do feel that my figural painting has grown with this workshop. I was happy I have the drawing class experience so I can draw from a live model, but I've never had any instruction on painting figures. Don is wonderful and the wet in wet approach is so lovely.
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