Today was the first day of the workshop with Tom Brown (see my links). He's a skilled teacher, and understands what newbies need to know, and I was interested in how he manipulates color. He showed how you can take a base color and modify it in different ways for different parts of the same scene (this isn't quite clear, but I'm tired). At the end of the day, we had to be out of Vasquez Rocks park at 5:00, and it was 4:00 and the deadline also meant cleaning up. I wanted to paint the view I could see, which had the wonderfully layered hills, receding through the light (I love the Chinese paintings that do that!). With limited time, I worked the palette as Tom showed us. I started with the color of the furthest-away range, then modified it for the next closest, and the next, and so on. This is what I came up with, and it was a great way to end the day.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
"Vasquez Sunset," 6x8, oil on canvas board
Today was the first day of the workshop with Tom Brown (see my links). He's a skilled teacher, and understands what newbies need to know, and I was interested in how he manipulates color. He showed how you can take a base color and modify it in different ways for different parts of the same scene (this isn't quite clear, but I'm tired). At the end of the day, we had to be out of Vasquez Rocks park at 5:00, and it was 4:00 and the deadline also meant cleaning up. I wanted to paint the view I could see, which had the wonderfully layered hills, receding through the light (I love the Chinese paintings that do that!). With limited time, I worked the palette as Tom showed us. I started with the color of the furthest-away range, then modified it for the next closest, and the next, and so on. This is what I came up with, and it was a great way to end the day.
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Hi Connie! It was so great meeting you at Tom's workshop. I've added your link to my blog. I see you've added mine to your list, thanks! Love the yellow sky. : )
ReplyDeleteConnie . . .Sending you a BIG "HI!" . . .am excited to be introduced to you and your blog by Silvi . . . .
ReplyDeleteI am in Santa Cruz and a 'daily painter'/ Blogger too! Love your stuff! Would love to see it in person! Am going to spend some time looking through your blog at all your paintings.
Hi Mike. So good to hear from you! Yours is a blog is on my visit list, and we should definitely get together. I'm just starting landscapes, but would love to paint with you sometime. And isn't Silvina a doll?
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