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Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #312, Full Color
Last week I visited the TWSA exhibition in Kenosha, Wisconsin and it was amazing to see such high-quality work. So many different styles with so many different kinds of subject matter. A show this big is such a great motivator to work harder to get your work accepted into an exhibit like this. Info on the show is here at TWSA exhibition in Kenosha.
To see the works that were accepted into this years TWSA exhibit click HERE
Does your art club need a demonstrator or workshop instructor... Have them contact me or give me their contact information and I will try to make it happen. I am fully vaccinated and am ready to travel to your area to instruct. In-person classes are really a great way to learn and get more personal instruction from an instructor like myself.
Yes to Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville May 13th 1pm to 3:30pm
Yes to Class at The Studio in McHenry May 15th 9am to 11:30am
We made it to the 4th week and this week is full-color time! Yes, you are now allowed to go back to using as many colors in your palette as you want. But I do want to warn you that you should still look to create a color scheme for your painting.
When I say full color it doesn't mean that you have to go all-out rainbow with your color selection. It only means that you are not restricted to only use a certain amount. These last couple of weeks you have worked with a limited palette and you have learned that you can create just as good a value pattern with a limited palette as you can with a full-color palette. You also learned how important a color scheme can be to show dimension in a piece of work by using different colors in the
background compared to the foreground. Try to keep on thinking about how the values are very important to follow but can sometimes be achieved with a color temperature. Bright colors come forward as grey colors fall back.
When using a full-color scheme, work out the values first, then look at how a color scheme can help out the values. A color scheme between two compliments is always a good way to start thinking about colors that you are going to use. For example, if you use purple then an earth tone yellow can really be a great color to use with the purple. You can still use a bunch of other colors but the main colors that make up most of the painting should reflect a certain color scheme.
This week again I will only be giving you a black and white photo to work with because I still want you to think about colors and values and figure them out instead of just copying what you would see in a color photograph. Get creative and figure out your own colors for the painting!
See everyone on Thursday... love how good everyone is doing with these assignments the last couple of weeks.
David
BeckerArt Live in Person WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2021
WORKSHOP Michigan Water Color Society, Battle Creek, MI. June 1st, 2nd and 3rd POSTPONED TO 2022
WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, June28th - July 1st INFO HERE
WORKSHOP Thousand Island Arts Center, W/C, Clayton NY Aug 10,11,12 INFO HERE]
MINI WORKSHOP Plein Air Grand Marais W/C Grand Marais, MN Sept. 15th INFO HERE
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Cindy Evans I met Cindy Evans in North Carolina at the Kanuga Watermedia Workshops and that year she gave a talk about her paintings, which was an amazing talk and demonstration.
I love how creative Cindy gets with her paintings!
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