I did this work in acrylic on a 6×6 canvas board that I added a layer of acrylic gesso to before I started.
In doing this “still life” (for lack of a better term) today, I scored a victory of sorts. I only used the 3 primaries (lemon yellow, alizarin crimson, and ultramarine blue) plus titanium white. And I got all those different colors! I’m finally moving forward on the journey of intuitively mixing colors! Cheers!
Paint Week 2023 is going on this week, and the subject to paint is a kayaker on a river lined by mangroves. Although I’m working on a portrait tutorial by the same teacher, I took some time out to paint the landscape on a 9×12 canvas.
The subject didn’t particularly excite me; that’s probably apparent in my results. I find the value map helpful as a concept, but painting-wise, the burnt sienna underpainting shows through too much, which I don’t like. Maybe if I were using oils it would work better?
This is the first human figure I’ve painted! Yesterday, I said this was a 9×12 — no, it’s actually 11×14, which is the biggest canvas I’ve painted on so far.
I’m actually fairly pleased with this. And I’m including a work-in-progress photo, because I changed a lot of the colors.
This work, Girl in a White Dress, is yet another online tutorial on the PaintCoach Patreon page. It’s 9×12, toned in pale umber, and drawn out in willow charcoal.
Right now, I’m mapping out the big shapes of the water, with the colors to be adjusted later.
Finally had time to paint again after watching so much baseball — This is the finished work from the Patreon lesson.
(The photo of the completed painting was taken in a different room with only natural light coming in from southern windows; the other one was taken in my “studio” (dining room table) under the bright light of a work lamp.)
I’m continuing to work on this landscape. I painted over the first take of the yellow ochre to make it more golden, and I think the lighter green up front is too saturated/yellow, and I need to darken it.
What is left to do is the leaves on the tree, the flowers in the meadow, and the grassy definition of the path to the house.
Now that Halloween is over, I’m working on a landscape from PaintCoach’s Patreon site. This is in advance of his Paint Week (free!) that starts on November 6 (link to sign up is in his YouTube notes).
This one is on a 9×12 canvas, toned in Pale Umber, and sketched out in charcoal — rather than painted, because I’ve been watching the World Series, lol.
I completed the mountain valley abstract. The green grass in the front is not as de-saturated in real life as in the photo. I’m also including the source photo, as well as a black and white version for value comparison.
This is another exercise from PaintCoach Patreon’s page. The idea is that, if your solid shapes of values works, your painting will work once the detail is filled in. And it’s also to help beginners like me think in terms of shapes rather than things.
I used a raw umber and white tone on a 9×12 canvas, and sketched out in charcoal (a few days ago) — again, because I was also watching postseason baseball.
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