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.
8 comments:
Green can be a tough color for some artists.
I Love IT!...Good to see you last night, too!
Thanks Sue! Good to see you as well!
Terrific set-up, Julie! looking forward to see Your next one!
Thanks Tatiana! We had fun with it..so much fun that I think we are doing yellow next time - if my painting turns out to be "blog worthy" I will post it. The idea though is to practice and not try to produce a masterpiece.
These are things rarely taught in college art courses, Julie. Your students should really appreciate these lessons.
Lovely, diverse variety of greens - Kermit would be proud of you :)
Thanks Pat and Claire!
Well Done!
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