A&A Acrylic March 2018

I worked on the flower adding shadows and white for highlights.  I worked on the leaves adding highlights and shadows to start getting the form in the leaves.  I also added more highlights and shadows in the stem area.  It all needs more work, but it's coming along.  Think values, values, values!

I added highlights to the feathers and worked on the comb and wattle, adding texture and highlights.  I have used the white to correct the shape of the comb.  It now needs red added to fix the color.  I have more overall work to do to to finish this, but it's on the way.

BAL CP March 2018

This is not done, especially the bottom of the face.  I worked on parts of the face adding the darks and lights and using a stump to blend the color.  I also showed using a white pencil to blend.  When you blend with white (do so gently) you then must add some dark back in as the white lightens.  I will continue with the colors I have been using (white, dark umber, terra cotta, peach).  I will continue refining the values and details.  I worked on the scarf with pomegranate and white to get the pink.  I eventually added dark umber in the shadows (lightly) and added some pomegrante and pomegranate and white to her face for reflected color in her face.

NCBG Gouache March & April 2018

I worked on the leaf adding dark green and then working in white again.  I will go back and forth between the two as well as adding yellow and red as needed until it is the way I want it to look.  I added white to a berry (to show you how to redo an area).  I started working on the darks in the background leaves and talked about adding berries or parts of berries where red is needed on the piece.

On a dark background I did a value study using white gouache.  The next step is to add details with the white and then to add color.  Sometimes if a piece looks good in white I leave it white and do not add color.

Sertoma CW March & April 2018

I finished darkening the background and worked on some of the leaves and a little on the petals.  Still has a ways to go.

Worked around the eyes and head.  need to work on the background and tree limb and the body of the owl as well.

This is the first pass.  It was done wet on dry with VERY light color.  That means lots of water and a little pigment.  I used a warm yellow, warm red and a turquoise ( a mix of phthalo blue and aureolin yellow leaning towards the blue).  This is a very bad photo taken with my phone under poor lighting. 

You can see the first pass of color better in this photo.  I mixed a brown (3 primaries leaned towards the red and yellow).  I started painting the values on the face and added texture into the hair.  I also did a light wash of brown onto er arm near the shoulder.  I will continue on her face and start the hands and arms next class as well as the scarf.

Art & Ale

I used white and a dark green and started adding highlights and shadows to the front left leaf.  I added more white to the petals.  I have a lot more to demo on this next class.

I added more black to the rooster feathers.  I worked on the eye with white and brown.  I did a blue glaze over the background to push the background back.  I added yellow to the beak and used white to add highlights to the rooster feathers and tail.  I then added a red wash.  The rooster could be done at this point for some, but i plan another level of highlights, shadows, and detail.  Still may need to push the background back a little.

BAL Colored pencil March 2018

I worked more on the to leaf adding darks and lifting lights.  Values, Values, Values!

A value under drawing on gray paper (Strathmore Toned Gray).  The first pass of this was done with white and a dark (one of the darker browns).  I would finish the entire value under drawing before adding color if this were not a demonstration. 

The second step is to start adding color.  I used a warm red (scarlet lake) and a blue (peacock blue) and peach as well as white  and a warm brown (burnt ochre).

I started adding warm red to the head scarf.  Parts of this are now at a place to refine, add detail, add more lights and darks.  I will do that next class.

NCBG Gouache March & April 2018

Gouache over a local color watercolor painting.  This painting started with local color painted in a flat manner on the subject.  The background was added by wetting the background and dropping in color (yellow green, blue green, mixed black, splattered yellow, green and red).  After that dried I used white gouache to start adding highlights and darker watercolor to add the shadows.  This is the beginning of the painting. We will make several passes refining the values and details as we go. 

Dark watercolor background for a gouache painting.  I wet the paper and dropped in the dark I mixed as well as the colors used to make them.  I splattered as well.  I used a mixture of Indanthrone + Quinacridone Gold.  You can make a flat dark painting or a textured dark painting -up to you.

Sertoma CW March and April 2018

I added shadows to the petals and scrubbed out some whites.  Normally I would wait until the end to scrub, but for demo purposes I did this now.  On the right side there is a petal with green leaking into the petal.  Once scrubbed any paint added next to the scrubbed area will leak into the scrubbed area.  I will need to re scrub the area.  I added red brown to the middle stem part.  Later I added shadows (need to finish the area).  I added some green and brown to the leaves that were not done.  I then added a few layers of darker green to the front leaf to start giving it shape and form.  I wet the top area and added a dark in a textured pattern to pop the white flower forward.  I need to also add this dark below the flower as well.  Remember - I work on finishing little areas all around a demo painting, but when I work at home I work all over the entire painting moving it toward completion. 

I added more darks, textures and detail to the owl.  This is done mostly by "scribbling" with the paint.  I also worked a little on the branch, it still needs darks.  And I need to decide about the background...

Art & Ale Acrylic March 2018

Continuing to add color, value and detail to the flower. I added more white to the petals and green to the leaves.  I painted brown on the middle stem part and used white, a darker brown and some black to add highlights and shadows. I will continue with the detail on the stem, petals, and leaves next class.

I glazed the background with yellow.  This toned the texture down a little.  I added white and then red to the red parts of the rooster so that the red would not mix visually with the green (and look more reddish brown or gray).  The next step in class will be to paint values and details on the red parts.  I painted black, transparently, on the rooster feathers.  I will add more black as well as some color and highlights and details in the next class.

Sertoma CW March and April 2018

Six color, warm/cool, color mixing color wheel.  For this one I used Scarlet Lake (WR), Pomegranate (CR), Spanish Orange (WY), Yellow Chartreuse (CY), Peacock Blue (Green Blue), Indigo Blue (Purple Blue)

Using a solvent with colored pencil. I did a second layer of pencil and melting with a solvent.  I then started on the front of the frog with colored pencil (I plan to use no more solvent).  I used Grass Green, Scarlet Lake, Black, Canary Yellow, White on the front of the frogs face.  I am adding details and textures as well as values (lights and darks).  It is a start.  I also added white to the front part of the shadow area.  It also needs the blue toned down.

Three pencil primary color project on white paper.  I am using Carmine Red, Canary Yellow and Peacock Blue.  Using the same 3 colors, I added a few more layers, building them up slowly.  You can see the different levels of layers in the 3 leaves.   Remember, lifting and erasing are useful drawing tools at your disposal.  

Art & Ale Acrylic March 2018

Acrylic on a 16 x 20 canvas panel.  The first thing we did was to make a background on the blank canvas.  I used warm yellow and a warm red.  I added water and let the color run down the canvas (it was held up at an angle).  I kept adding color and letting it run.  After it was dry I transferred the drawing.  On the left side you can see the original background.  On the right side you can see the background with a blue glaze.  The leaf on the right you can see a green glaze.  I painted white on the petals at the top - 2 passes with the white on the front petal.  I then painted green to the leaf on the left painting around the middle vein and lifting the highlight on the right.

Acrylic on an 11 x 14 canvas panel.  I used a green and an ultramarine blue.  I added water and painted these on the canvas panel.  I used plastic wrap to make the texture.   Lay the plastic wrap on the wet paint and scrunch it getting shapes that you like.  Where the plastic touches will dry darker and where the air is trapped will dry lighter, this makes the textured look.  The next step is to transfer the rooster and then do some glazes - we will do the glazes next class.

BAL CP March 2018

Triad Color Wheel.  Colors from top clockwise - Canary Yellow, Canary Yellow + Peacock Blue, Peacock Blue, Carmine Red + Peacock Blue, Carmine Red,  Canary Yellow + Carmine Red.  I put these on very lightly.  I layered yellow first for green and orange and I layered the red first for purple.  If  you substitute any colors use those colors for this color wheel.  Remember that colors as you see them on the computer are not typically correct.

Three pencil primary color project on white paper.  I am using Carmine Red, Canary Yellow and Peacock Blue (other colors can be substituted and will work just fine).  The leaf was done with yellow over the entire leaf, lightly.  Then I added peacock blue, lightly, in specific areas. I then added a little carmine red, lightly.  I used carmine red on the petal, lightly, paying attention to values as I added the color.  This first pass is all light and we will layer to reach the colors and values we want in the end.

Using a solvent with colored pencil.  I used grass green, olive green, canary yellow, carmine red, burnt ochre on the frog so far.  The shadow on the ground has true blue and peacock blue as well as a little carmine red.  I added the colors in layers and then used Goo Gone to melt the pencils.  This is an under drawing.

Sertoma CW March and April 2018

POURING.  This is the magnolia after a few pours.  I started by wetting the paper with a spray bottle and pouring on the color (reddish purples and blue).  I then sprayed the white flower part to lighten it further since I did not use any masking.  I let the first pour dry and then poured a second time following the same procedure (I poured this time with green and warm yellow).  

I wet the top background part of the painting and drooped in a green near the edge of the flower allowing the color to move out and away from the flower.  This is negative painting behind the flower to define the flower.  I also started painting a few leaves at the bottom, one with green and yellow and the other with red brown and yellow.

WET-ON-DRY.  I started wet on dry using very light color.  I painted loosely.  I used 2 mixed browns (one warm and one cool brown).  I also added some warm yellow (quin. cold) and some blue (ultramarine) as well as my warm red (pyrrol scarlet).  I made 2 passes with light color allowing it to dry in between.

I used the cool brown and some blue on the head to start painting a feather texture.  I used the brown and blue on the eyes and some blue and brown around the eyes.  I then did part of a wing on the left and started the tail.  I also did a section under the beak using an up and down scribble motion to make the feathers.  I jump around on these class pieces because it's a demonstration painting.  I say this (often) because at home I work on the painting all over building it up as a unit.  I cannot do that in class demos due to time constraints. I want to make sure you understand that when you are working on yours.