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Painting Introduction
Glenn Hirsch
• Step-by-Step• Block in the whole composition, including the lighht• Then let dry and clarify detail
• Painting in transparent layers = “glazing”
• step 1• let it dry• then step 2
• First do a thumbnail sketch on a separate piece of paper
• No detail – block in the light & shadow
• A very rough ‘thumbnail’ sketch on a separate piece of paper first
• Then block in the whole composition, including the light and shadow
• Then let dry and clarify
• Painting the background redefines the edge of the shape (eg, the cheek)
Part IIWarm/cool color concept in “Chromatic Scales”
Colors arranged in warm/cool pairs of each hue
Colors
a "warm yellow" Cadmium Yellow Medium
a "cool yellow" Cadmium Yellow Light or Pale or Lemon
a "warm red" Cadmium Red Medium or Light
a "cool red" Quinacradone Crimson or Alizarin Crimson
a "warm blue" Ultramarine Blue
a "cool blue" Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue or Turquoise Blue
a "warm green" Sap Green or Chromium Oxide Green or Perm Green Light
a "cool green" Pthalocyanine Green or Viridian
a "warm brown" Burnt Sienna or burnt umber
a "cool brown" Raw Sienna or raw umber
a "black" Any black or mix your own: Alizarin Crimson + Pthalo Green
a white Titanium white or "Permalba" brand oil white
Chromatic scale in reds to enhance the illusion of “light”
• Lighter b/w value in the light• Brighter intensity in the light• Warmer (orangey) red in the
light (vs bluer purplish) red in the shadow
Chromatic scale
• Light to dark• Bright to dull• Warm to cool
Chromatic scale – light to dark, bright to dull, warm to cool
Black and white is the “value” of the color
Chromatic scale – light to dark, bright to dull, warm to cool
Chromatic scale – light to dark, bright to dull, warm to cool
• This isn’t a ‘rule,’ it’s a ‘recipe’ to enhance the illusion of ‘light’
David Park, Portrait of S.C. Pepper, 1953
• Famous artists practice apples
• (Paul Cezanne)
Georgia O’Keefe
• Chromatic scale• Watercolor• (Charles
Demuth)
• Chromatic scale• Acrylic• (Robert
Haemmerling)
Chromatic scale – light to dark, bright to dull, warm to cool
Apples without glowing ‘light’
Dramatically lit apple using the chromatic scale – light to dark, bright to dull, warm to cool
Dramatically lit apples using the chromatic scale – light to dark, bright to dull, warm to cool
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