Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Parakeet and Lilies, and a brief ramble on painting dark values

Parakeet and Lilies  Oil on panel, 8" x 8,"  SOLD
I used color pencils for many years...  Getting dark values dark was a big challenge...  Keeping darks dark with oils is also difficult. My tendency is to stubbornly re-apply.  Though, painting more lights around them does the trick too.  Sometimes starting a little lighter (with the darkest darks) is ultimately better- especially when using photo reference...This is something I'm learning as I go.

3 comments:

  1. AnneSeptember 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM

    Stunning!Particularly love the light to shade in the background and the bird

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  2. UnknownOctober 2, 2016 at 11:16 PM

    Your darks look good to me Diane. Richard Schmid believes that your darkest darks are always warm. Dan Gerhartz mentioned this too at the workshop I attended. (I think he got it from Richard) But I think there's something to it. Does it work this way for you?

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  3. UnknownOctober 2, 2016 at 11:19 PM

    Oh BTW, I've not been that active on my blog but I do have a new website if I haven't told you already (sorry if I did). Not that many images up yet, but I'm working on it. Check it out.

    http://www.chrisbenavidesfineart.com

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