This is very interesting to me. I have a photo I took in Jerusalem of a man kneeling praying outside the Holy Sepulcher. I enlarged it but printed it in B&W. Now i am thinking of painting the scene in oils but I now must invent colors that harmonize. It will be an exercise since the viewer can only see the man's back and he is set against the stone of the building he is crouched up against.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the video. The art part is the part that cannot be taught in any kind of art program. However, the solid foundational principles is what we teach at the Academy. It sounds like you have a interesting image to work with.
I appreciate that. I just painted a house in Provence in shadow from a photo I took. The local color of the house was a warm yellow. The shadow color looked like a muted green and I was confused about it. I guess from what you say that make sense because a yellow cooled down with the addition of blue would look green. Thanks
I have question. If you are painting a shape - let's say a flower - that's a red geranium, it's easy to identify the local color of the flower. However, I find it daunting to paint it in shadow since I find it difficult to identify the color. Does it make sense to set up a still life, paint an object in light and then paint the same object in shadow to see how the color changes? Obviously the temperature of the light source will make a big difference.
Great question. A good general rule is colors and delight are warm and the same color and the shadow is cool. With this being said, the DNA of the color will not change in the shadow. What I mean is red will not turn into yellow in the shadow. You need to cool off the red with a little bit of blue in the shadow. Also, you are dealing with reflected light on the top of that but I hope my explanation makes sense.
This is very interesting to me. I have a photo I took in Jerusalem of a man kneeling praying outside the Holy Sepulcher. I enlarged it but printed it in B&W. Now i am thinking of painting the scene in oils but I now must invent colors that harmonize. It will be an exercise since the viewer can only see the man's back and he is set against the stone of the building he is crouched up against.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the video. The art part is the part that cannot be taught in any kind of art program. However, the solid foundational principles is what we teach at the Academy. It sounds like you have a interesting image to work with.
I love how the diagonal shadows on the left and right side of the landscape size photo actually swop the values😄. Great painting!
Glad you liked the video!
Really helpful and lovely paintings! Thank you!
You are so welcome 🎨
I appreciate that. I just painted a house in Provence in shadow from a photo I took. The local color of the house was a warm yellow. The shadow color looked like a muted green and I was confused about it. I guess from what you say that make sense because a yellow cooled down with the addition of blue would look green. Thanks
Glad to hear the video has helped you. Thanks for watching
You are great! Thank you. Do you have Discord group?
No, sorry. We have a course for Kenn that’s is open for enrollment until March 28th. Here is the link tucsonartacademyonline.com/kenn-backhaus
I have question. If you are painting a shape - let's say a flower - that's a red geranium, it's easy to identify the local color of the flower. However, I find it daunting to paint it in shadow since I find it difficult to identify the color. Does it make sense to set up a still life, paint an object in light and then paint the same object in shadow to see how the color changes? Obviously the temperature of the light source will make a big difference.
Great question. A good general rule is colors and delight are warm and the same color and the shadow is cool. With this being said, the DNA of the color will not change in the shadow. What I mean is red will not turn into yellow in the shadow. You need to cool off the red with a little bit of blue in the shadow. Also, you are dealing with reflected light on the top of that but I hope my explanation makes sense.
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