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[...] effects of light. Reflections, 20×24 The post Light and Color appeared first on Between The Palette Scrapings. [...]

[...] Carlson. Very solid trees. The post More of Celebrating Autumn appeared first on Between The Palette Scrapings. [...]

[...] Too often we lose color harmony in landscapes because we insist on painting the local color of grass, mountains or trees instead of mixing a color that suggests the light. Local color has [...]

[...] values of each shape.  Complete with one dark and one light value,  then block in the local color by using the color wheel to determine the correct color. WEEK 2  | BLOCK IN COLOR AND [...]

[...] and shadow. The only time we really see local color is on a cloudy day. Color is a lot richer when its cloudy. There isn’t any sunlight effecting [...]

[...] ( I had to take out a loan to get these) the tinting strength is not as strong but the price of Lukas paints are a fraction of the cost. I know as artists were not supposed to think about the cost of [...]

[...] in Mystic Conneticut. Charles Harold Davis This painting below, October Morning, is by Willard Metcalf. The colors are very vibrant but he does use muted colors next to the stronger colors to give [...]

[...] to worry about. When we work with a large color palette it becomes harder to find those subtle value changes that define form and depth so a very limited color palette helps you to focus on values, [...]

[...] Ansel Adams exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and was amazed at his work and the subtle value changes in his photography. Many of the pieces reminded me of artist’s paintings I’ve [...]

[...] try and cover in a short time and you don’t have any room for unnecessary detail. The post Plein Air Painting: Seeing Shapes Instead of Detail appeared first on Between The Palette Scrapings. [...]

[...] on a couple of the paintings in this video. Click here to view the embedded video. The post Plein Air Painting: Mixing Color appeared first on Between The Palette Scrapings. [...]

[...] few months I’ve been using Lukas 1862 oil paints in different venues. I’ve used them in plein air painting, demos, large and small studio paintings. I’ve made some comparisons to the brands I [...]

[...] In my Online Mentoring class this week I’m demonstrating techniques for painting trees. Trees are like figures, [...]

[...]    This week in our Online Mentoring Class we looked at how to approach painting without overdrawing. We have the need as artist& [...]

[...] of warm and cool color was intensified by the long shadows. What I’m interested in is the subtle color changes within the shadow. Trimming the Front Yard 11×14 Cloud shadows also create more drama [...]

[...] keeping the color stronger  with  middle values. We will finish by looking for subtle color changes and softening the shapes edges. WEEK 4 | IMPRESSIONISTIC APPROACH This approach is geared [...]

[...] . Of course the photos would have been black and white. Which is a good thing otherwise his studio paintings would look like ours when we depend on photographic color too much. The post Moran’s [...]

[...] I want my paints to mix like butter anyway. Sounds too mushy. Below are some outdoor and studio paintings I did using Lukas paints. For the most part I used Titanium white, cadmium yellow, alizarin [...]

[...] produced in Germany since, you guess it 1862. They also make a student grade called Lukas Studio, I haven’t tried them. The 1862 colors are mixed with linseed oil, non yellowing [...]