This is "Homage to J.K." It is obviously a work in progress. Here you can see a painting without the darkest darks. When I have finished adding the dark and light shadows, the objects on this bookshelf should move forward and the perspective then will enhance the composition. You can't have the lights without the darks and you can't have the darks without the lights. In other words, don't be afraid of the dark (s). This is a common fear of beginners: not painting in the shadows using a dark enough value. Watercolor paints dry lighter than they appear when you put them on paper, so if you end up too light in the shadows...just add more paint. Cover these areas with washes (I usually use the colors that make up black) until you see the highlighted areas (lightest areas) pop. By "pop" I mean become parts of the painting that the eye goes to first i.e. focal points. More about that in a later blog. I will post the finished painting, hopefully by September 22, when I enter it in the Score VII Southern California Open Regional Exhibition. Keep your fingers crossed, please.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
A Work in Progress
This is "Homage to J.K." It is obviously a work in progress. Here you can see a painting without the darkest darks. When I have finished adding the dark and light shadows, the objects on this bookshelf should move forward and the perspective then will enhance the composition. You can't have the lights without the darks and you can't have the darks without the lights. In other words, don't be afraid of the dark (s). This is a common fear of beginners: not painting in the shadows using a dark enough value. Watercolor paints dry lighter than they appear when you put them on paper, so if you end up too light in the shadows...just add more paint. Cover these areas with washes (I usually use the colors that make up black) until you see the highlighted areas (lightest areas) pop. By "pop" I mean become parts of the painting that the eye goes to first i.e. focal points. More about that in a later blog. I will post the finished painting, hopefully by September 22, when I enter it in the Score VII Southern California Open Regional Exhibition. Keep your fingers crossed, please.
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BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK!!!! Amazing!!
Thank you very much, Robin. I do take commissions (and am very reasonable!) so please check out my website at www.judewiesenfeld.com for more paintings and information and please stay tuned for more posts.
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