I
teach an oil painting class at the Mechanicsburg Art Center. The class
has sort of evolved into whatever the students feel they need help
with. A few of them mentioned they had trouble seeing and mixing
greens, so last night I set up two still lifes....one of cool green
objects and one of warm green objects. The idea was to force students
to see subtle color variations within one color family. They used no
premixed green paint but were free to use any other colors they chose.
warm greens
cool greens
It's Not Easy Painting Green
8x10 oil
My painting which I did along with the class.
This
is the second time we have done a color themed class (last week we did
all red for Valentine's Day). I was worried that it might result in a
boring painting, but instead I like how it harmonizes everything. There
is still a lot of color variation even within one family.
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