Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Reading Notes 16 - March 29th

Color and Light

Chapter 5 - Painting and Pigments

Pgs 96 - 99

Warm Underpainting

Prime the canvas with an insistent warm underpainting.
This forces you to make mixing decisions.
The bits of underpainting that peak through the layered strokes will provide additional contrast.

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Sky Panels

Sky panels are surfaces prepared with a sky gradation as a base layer for future painting.

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Pgs 104-107

Limited Palettes

Limiting you color palette can keep your color schemes lean and strong.  It can create a more unified or harmonious effect.

More colors don't make a better color scheme.

1.  More harmony.
2.  Forces out of color-mixing habits.
3.  Limited palettes are compact.

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The Mud Debate

Try both ideas ("beware of mud" or "mud is a myth") and see what you like.

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