Reading Notes 11 - March 8th

Color and Light

Chapter 11 - Light's Changing Show

Serial Painting

The creation of multiple plein-air studies of the same subject under different lighting conditions, or the making of a set of closely related studies one after another.

Tips:

1.  Choose a motif with a strong sense of atmospheric perspective.

2.  Paint/draw on a single board taped or divided into different sections.

3.  Keep the drawing consistent each time so the only variable is the light and color or shadow shapes and value.

4.  When beginning each study, don't look at the others.

5.  Paint/draw the subject at different times of day and, if possible, different seasons.

At the End of the Day

Themes of James Gurney's Color and Light:

1.  Color and light are not separate topics, but rather closely related.

2.  Viewers will see the subject, but feel the color and light.

3.  Choose a lighting plan and stick to it.

4.  Know your wheel.

5.  Know your gamut.

6.  Vision is an active process.

7.  There is not a single brand of realism.

8.  Compare, compare, compare.

9.  The outer eye fuels the inner eye.

10.  We are fortunate to be living today.

Graphic LA - pgs 78 - 95

 - Good value design is the clear, simple arrangement of a few tones.  (a simple progression of tone)

 - Don't get hung up on one way to make art.  Try out what looks right to you.

 - Make the next brush stroke exactly what you want it to be.

 - Reduce, refine, interpret.

(Draw something a few times - Reduce to simple, clear geometric shapes and simple, clear form.)