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Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #163, Shadows and Light
Happy 4th of July tomorrow! Just a reminder, don't forget to take some great reference materials for you to paint while you are celebrating the holiday.
Next week
July 10th I plan on going to see the TWSA exhibit at the Kenosha Public Museum. I will be there at 10 am, if anybody is interested in joining me, be there at 10 am and we can all walk through the show together and talk about the paintings.
My Armed Forces Exhibition is coming together very
nicely and I would like to thank all of you that have let me use your photos. Here are the pencil sketches of the possible paintings. I also am on my 12th painting. There is so much more to come on this endeavor, stay
tuned.
Next workshop I teach at is in July for the Vermont Art Event in Burlington, Vermont. Get info HERE
Yes to Class at the Civic Center Libertyville, Thursday, July 5th, 1:00 pm to 3:30 Yes to
Class at the Antioch Fine Arts Foundation, Thursday, July 5th, 6:30 pm to 9 pm Yes to Class at the BeckerArt Gallery in McHenry, Saturday, July 7th 9:00 am to 11:30 am This week in class I came across a couple of students that were putting light values in their shadows and then I remembered a line that Mr. Shapiro, my mentor would say. He would tell us that the dark shadows of our paintings shouldn't have any light areas that are as light as anything in the sunlight areas. This is some good advice if you are trying to show strong
sunlight in a painting.
If you check out the one color painting I did of my dad above you will see that in the shadow part of his face there is nothing as light as the sunlight hitting the side area of the face. This makes it feel like there is a lot of sun on the side of his face. The 2 paintings below also follow that rule of not letting anything in the dark shadow become as light as anything in the sun lite areas
If you painting an overcast painting then
you are using the local colors and their values to make up the light and dark pattern of your painting.
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The interior scene above and the Chicago street scene below also shows how the dark shadows and the sunlight are separated. Sometimes you can get reflected light into a shadow but use it very sparingly so it doesn't take to much dark away from the shadow.
My BeckerArt Workshops and Demos in 2018 My next workshop is in Vermont, time is flying so sign-up so you don't miss out!
Vermont Art Event Classes. Burlington VT, July 23rd -27th, For Information Click Here
Dillman's Fall Workshop, Wisconsin, September 9-14th, For information Click Here
Artisan Materials Expo Classes, Santa
Fe, September 27th-30th, For Information Click Here
Perquimans Arts League, Hertford NC, October 15th and 16th, For Information Click Here
Jacksonville Watercolor
Society Workshop, Jacksonville FL, October 24, 25, 26 For Information Click Here
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thomas schaller- Is an artist that takes the lesson that I posted in this newsletter to heart. Almost every painting has this style of making the front plane of his painting all in shadow, giving the effects of strong light.
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6 BeckerArt Brushes
Thanks to all of you that have sent me your great reviews on my brushes,
I am so happy you all like them!
I now have 2 sets of BeckerArt Brushes... they are the original set which includes the 1 1/4" flat, the #16 round and the #4 rigger. My NEW brush set includes the 1/2" flat, the 1/4" flat and the #8 round Click Here to Purchase BeckerArt Brushes |
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