tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89247567275496504262024-03-05T16:05:47.303-08:00McDonald Pastel LessonsInformation about McDonald pastel classes and steps to create pastel drawingsMarianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-56574744439695117062020-03-09T08:41:00.001-07:002020-03-09T08:44:26.024-07:0043 Strokes<span style="font-size: large;">Limiting the number of stokes applied, especially in oil painting, creates a fresher less studied image. The same principles hold true with pastel. Sometimes, if you're not careful, you can overwork your drawing while trying to match a specific color and you'll lose the freshness of the drawing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I used a pear photo that I took outside because I wanted high contrast of light and shadow.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pear reference photograph.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want to try this method, start out with a loose sketch of the shapes. I'm using 400 grit Uart paper with a gray wash using very watered down acrylic paper.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loose sketch on Uart paper.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I studied my pear shape and colors in the lesson on "Different Papers" I had a good idea what colors to use which helps when you're limiting the number of strokes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In this study I only </span><span style="font-size: large;">briefly layered the colors and I kept the application of colors to just 43 strokes for the entire piece. The strokes are exacting and deliberate without fussing about. I see many students taking hesitant small strokes. The "43 Stroke" challenge will eliminate that tendency.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I like the freshness of the drawing.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"43 Strokes" is all it took to create this drawing.</td></tr>
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<br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-34791575081438110562020-03-09T08:27:00.002-07:002020-03-09T08:27:48.722-07:00Different Papers, Different Strokes<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Pastel companies have created many new papers in the last few years especially in the area of sanded papers and primers. It's fun to explore other papers. You may find that your old standby is not your favorite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In this first example I created 2 pears using watercolor washes on printmaking paper </span><span style="font-size: large;">which is very absorbing and then coated the images with Golden pastel primer to add an interesting texture. Two different examples of washes show how color choices can influence the outcome when you rub pastel over the watercolor. Generally speaking the darker washes produce more contrast and creates a more visible texture.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor underpainting on BFK printmaking paper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adding Golden Clear pastel primer then pastel on top.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this second example I used PastelMat by Clairfontaine. It's a soft textured </span><span style="font-size: large;">paper - not gritty like sanded paper but it holds a surprising numbers of layers of color before filling up the tooth of the paper.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Softer PastelMat. The paper color can have a big influence on how the image appears if you don't cover the background.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This next paper is the older type pastel paper which is just paper with a texture imprinted into the weave. Canson Mi Tientes comes in a variety of colors but it will only hold a couple of layers of color before the texture fills. I don't like the pronounced texture which is woven into the paper so I use the back which is smoother. This blue paper makes a nice contrast to the oranges and yellows of the pear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my next blog "43 Strokes" I'll show you how limiting the number of strokes adds interest to your drawings.</span>Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-54025912630695369222020-02-25T14:19:00.000-08:002020-02-25T14:19:54.305-08:00Using Black Paper<span style="font-size: large;">Don't worry. It's not going to be a gaudy "Velvet Elvis", but working on black paper has the benefit of making your pastel colors very vibrant. I like Uart Dark 400 grit and it's very dark but not actually black.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the reference photograph. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When creating the painting I emphasized the shadows so that the painting would be about 66% shadow and 34% sunshine. It's always better to not have the painting evenly divided between light and shadow. By making more of the image in shadow the sunny areas will become the focal point.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reference photograph for "Artist and Teacher" Notice I've drawn 1/3 grid onto the photograph</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This paper is very dark, so the first layers will be dark, but don't despair. The next layers of color will brighten up the scene. I drew the basic shapes with an orange Conte pastel pencil.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketch in the basic shapes. Watch the composition so that the point of interest (artist and teacher) are not in the center.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In step 2 I blocked in the shadow areas and the sunny areas. And in step 3 I blocked in the light sky, the tree shapes and emphasized the sunny area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's an ink sketch of the main subjects - Artists and Teacher. The photograph was taken at a Plein Air workshop with Kim Casebeer who is discussing the scene with one of the participating artists. I liked the way they were sitting in the shadow area with the sunlit area behind them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In step 4 I start lightening up the darker areas and using colors closer to the reality of the scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The final step shows more layers to get the value correct between light and shadow areas.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I lightened the background and the large tree to the left of the figures so that area will drop back and add to the feeling of depth and atmosphere. I also lightened the shadow part of the grass so that the darks of the tree shadow would be darker than the grass. You'll see the color swatches along the left side of the pastel. I'm using this image for my Tuesday night pastel class and they will be able to see which pastels I used in the piece.</span><br />
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<br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-7449169865262755932020-02-10T12:59:00.000-08:002020-02-10T12:59:31.230-08:00Color Bias - "Tay's Road"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Artists can chose to copy the color they seen in the landscape OR you can interpret and adjust the color to create a mood or emphasize a time of day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In this lesson I take the same photograph and create one image with warm, light, early-morning colors and in the second image I change the colors to be more blues and greens emphasizing the late afternoon light. I call this color bias.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the reference photograph.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Tay's Road" late afternoon. This is a good example of selective images. I'm eliminating the dog and the artist and the car hidden behind the orange branches on the left and the overhanging branches on the right.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Starting the image with a line drawing of the important shapes. I'm working on Uart 400 sanded paper with a thin acrylic wash to color the paper.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Line drawing of the important shapes</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Starting the "Morning Light - Tay's Road" I blocked in the major shapes using a dark blue in the shadow areas and orange for the sunshine areas. When using pastel you want to start with darker colors and use lighter colors as you add layers.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Start blocking in the basic shapes. Keep in mind your purpose for the image - morning light.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now start adjusting the layers by using colors that are in medium tones. In the "Morning Light" image I even want to use warm color in the shadow areas to emphasis that warm summer morning light.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blocking in warm tans in the shadow of the road, greens in the shadow of the woods on the right that you can't see and yellows in the middle ground area with the 2 small barns on the left of the road.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The final layers are an adjustment from the reference photo to emphasize light. Most of the colors I used are either mid-value or light values. If you took a b/w photo of the final piece (which I suggest as a great way to evaluate your values) most of the grays should be on the lighter side of mid-tones with maybe 30% of the image in shadow.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Final image. The little colors on the left side are the pastel colors I used in the demo.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a long lesson but I want you to see the next pastel so you can compare how I adjusted the colors. "Afternoon Light - Tay's Road" is the final version which I want you to see at the same time as "Morning Light - Tay's Road" so you can compare my color choices.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the final version of "Afternoon Light" Notice the emphasis on cool shadows and I added more shadows in the foreground so the viewer will get the feeling of walking from a cool shadow area in the light in the background.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are the steps in creating "Afternoon Light".</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 2 of "Afternoon Light"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 3 of "Afternoon Light"</span></td></tr>
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<br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-10736329114887645082020-01-24T16:41:00.001-08:002020-01-24T16:41:21.363-08:00Wildflower Rhythms<span style="font-size: large;">This is the second image students in my workshop will be creating. I always hand out a step-by-step printout but also demonstrate the steps in the workshop.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reference photo of wildflowers at Shaker Village, Harrodsburg, KY</span></td></tr>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">This photograph is only marginally helpful. I created the original drawing on location at Shaker Village and I could see into the shadow area under the tree. Unfortunately the camera blocked up that area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started by rubbing medium brown Nupastel into the 400 grit Uart sanded paper which creates a warm underpainting and I mark a 1/3 grid pattern on the paper to help with compositional location of the elements of the design. I blocked in the basic 3-5 shapes which is all that is needed to get the composition started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next step is to add more of the actual basic color of the vegetation but still keeping to warm colors in the sunshine areas. Locate the direction of the sun to add light areas to the dark trees. Along the side of the image you'll see color dots of the colors I've used so far in this scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Final steps is to add more detail in the grasses and the lightest lights of the Queen Anne's Lace, which notice has light blue marks to denote shadow on the white flowers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This painting is an impressionistic rendition of wildflowers in a field. I've tried to display the feeling of the beautiful chaos of wildflowers.</span></div>
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Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-62005870001032052552020-01-24T13:50:00.000-08:002020-01-24T13:50:51.955-08:00Simple Pear<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes just a simple piece of fruit can give you a great lesson in drawing, form, and color.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">First sketch the shape with a conte pastel pencil. Look at the form. How tall is it compare to the width. Look at the shape of the sides of the pear. I bet they aren't symmetrical. Is it leaning to one side?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I started on 400 grit Uart paper and covered the paper with nupastel - medium brown and then rubbed in with a paper towel to color the paper. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Pastel is always more vibrant on a colored background. A white paper tends to weaken the pastel color.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A simple pear. A bit taller than it is wide and learning to the right.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Final stages of the piece. <br />I added a light red to the blush part of the pear to indicate the upward slop of the plane. Olive on the upper part of the pear as it was not in direct light. More yellow and golds on the side of the pear closest to the light and finally add a warm highlight - pale yellow. Dark shadow behind the bottom of the pear to give it weight on the paper and some lighter/brighter color on the plane in front of the pear which informs the viewer even more that the source of light is hitting the right side of the pear.</span></td></tr>
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Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-62269653353782468582019-06-08T18:49:00.000-07:002019-06-08T18:49:06.375-07:00Combs Ferry Farm<span style="font-size: large;">My pastel class will be doing plein air demonstrations during the reception for our exhibit at the Harkness Edwards Vineyards which is out in Clark County. When we drove out to see the vineyards I spotted on the distant horizon this farm and I loved the rhythm of the big barns as their roofs shone in the setting sunlight. When I work on a new piece I try to form in my mind what is it that attracts me to this scene when there's lots of land and fields in the distance - why this spot?</span><br />
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<br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-42994087085196965862019-06-05T18:46:00.000-07:002019-06-05T18:46:21.062-07:00Peach House at Harkness Edwards Vineyards<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The PeachHouse at Harkness Edwards Vineyards is a lovely old farmhouse which is now used for functions at the Vineyards. What a great way to repurpose an old house that has seen many years of life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture can be challenging but I </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">divide the image into the basic format of 3rds and draw guide lines onto the reference photo. These lines really help with the placement of the basic shapes and once those basic shapes are placed then the details can be added within those blocks. When I work in plein air, I have piece of clear acrylic onto which I have also drawn the 1/3 lines and I look through that acrylic viewfinder to help with drawing accuracy. Then some basic knowledge of perspective helps which I can't go into with this blog right now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The bottom of the house hits at the bottom 1/3 line. The roofline of the first floor on the left side of the house hits at about 1/2 of the picture plane and the roofline of the top roof hits at the top 1/3 mark. You'll see that vertical the side of the house where the evening light is hitting is at the 1/3 mark. The right side of the house hits at the vertical 1/3 mark on the right side of the photo. Yes, the photo fits nicely into the "1/3 Golden Mean" but I also cropped the original photo to fit the house into that 1/3 format. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the underpainting is set I applied the basic color if the image paying close attention to the value change on the side of the PeachHouse </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where the setting sun is shining. The setting sun shining on the house is what interested me in the image. That setting sun is also illuminating the large tree which is looming over the house - that's kind of a secondary interest - nature challenging man made objects and eventually nature will win.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The point of interest is the light on the side of the PeachHouse. That color needs to be the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brightest and although the light on the tree in the photo looks equally as bright as also the light across the grass it must be subdued so the light on the house remains the most important area. At the end I added the lawn chairs for added interest but you can see that although their shape could be distracting by keeping the value dark against the shadowed lawn the chairs do not get a lot of attention.</span></span></div>
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<br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-31002508197546196872019-04-22T18:04:00.000-07:002019-04-22T18:04:47.948-07:00Happy Earth Day - Wildflowers<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wildflowers at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spring is finally here and with spring comes wildflowers galore at the Raven Run Nature Sanctuary in my area of Kentucky. I love to get out and create plein air studies of the Blue-eyed Mary's - a very little but very prolific wildflower that carpets the forest floor. As you can tell by the above reference photograph they don't show up very well, so plein air sketches are essential.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raven Run Wildflowers - plein air<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This lesson starts with a sketch of the basic shapes and then watercolor wash for the underpainting. I actually did 2 layers of watercolor to control the color and the rhythm of the piece. If I like the underpainting I'm off to a much better start.</span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor underpainting on UArt 400 grit sanded paper</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next I add the first layers of pastel - keeping in mind it's better to start dark and go to lighter colors later. I like starting with the sky and background trees as that sets the overall color bias - in this case a slight overcast pinkish hue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've found that with these little wildflowers it's best to create the under color of the flowers first - the greens - and then add the blue, lavender and white flowers later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Continue building up the layers of color. The very tiny flowers give the impression of carpeting the forest floor so my approach is to not try to paint individual flower - that would be crazy - but add a layer of color to resemble a carpet of color. The best way to view the scene, while I'm actually there, is to blur my eyes and see the color shapes, lights and shadows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More layers of color adjusting the shadow and light shapes to create the best </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">impression of the scene. Blue-eyed Mary's look like tiny violets with the top 2 petals white and the bottom 3 petal periwinkle blue. At a distance they have a lavender tone. Also in the forest are purple larkspur, pinkish phlox and yellow wood poppies.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final steps for "Raven Run Wildflowers"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do I look for when choosing photographs as reference for studio paintings?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1) Does the photo "ring my bell?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2) What's the essence of the image? Can cropping the photo produce a better focus for that essence?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3) What's the composition and can it be improved by cropping?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4) Keep in mind </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Shapes • Values • Color </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Composition</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The top photograph is from Raven Run Creek in the early spring with the creek being the main focus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next photograph is cropped so the main focus is light on the big sycamore tree with the little waterfall as a secondary focus. (Ignore the weedy brush overlapping the sycamore tree. It's not important and it takes attention away from the light on the edge of the tree.)</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the plein air oil painting from my trip to Raven Run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the studio pastel painting with the Raven Run Creek as the main focus. But there's strong light on the sycamore tree so the focus on the creek is diluted. Is that what I wanted?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: start;">This one is a pastel of the close-up of the sycamore tree and the reflections on the water. While working on this one I reduced the brightness on the waterfall and the reflections to keep the viewer's eye on the light on the edge of the sycamore tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's not that one is better than the other, but that the focus is different and you, as the artist, need to figure out when observing a scene, "What am I interested in?" You can get multiple paintings from one photo by cropping.</span>Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-91028355588524805212019-03-11T18:52:00.001-07:002019-03-11T18:52:11.432-07:00Water Reflections and a Sunset<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Version #1 on Uart paper with pastel and rubbing alcohol underpainting</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In case my Tuesday night class quickly finishes the Red River Reflections lesson I need another "Water Reflections" lesson. This time let's add a sunset to give some strong color to the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm posting 4 versions of the same sunset. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took the reference photographs from sitting in my kayak. That makes the shoreline totally flat since I'm sitting right on the top of the water as opposed to maybe standing above the water on a bank or maybe a bridge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first version was an 8"x11" on Uart paper with an underpainting created with pastel and rubbing alcohol wash. I used only NuPastel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second and third versions were 6"x9" sketches on Italian clay colored Pastel Premier sanded paper made by Hand-book Paper Co. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the rest of these versions I used the much softer Sennelier and Mt. Vision pastels.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last version was 10"x8.5" again on Italian clay colored Pastel Premier, but it was an older version of the paper and much more textured. Why do I mention that? Because the texture of sanded paper can very much affect how you deal with the layering of colors and the pressure you use to get the pastel to stick well and cover that texture, unless you want the color of the paper to show through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like to work in a series especially when I feel like I have not found the form of expression I was aiming for in the first version. Version 2 & 3 are more loosely created with more expressive marks.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Version #2 on clay color sanded paper - less uptight application of color</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Version #3 also on clay colored sanded paper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Version #4 - clay colored paper. New format </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This version has a focus on the setting sun and the colors of the sunset. I like this more simplified version as it's focus is more apparent and I think the format more interesting. Because the paper is more highly textured I pushed much harder with the pastel to cover the clay color of the paper.</span><br />
<br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-26351560287230233672019-03-03T08:36:00.001-08:002019-03-03T08:36:59.807-08:00Red River Autumn ReflectionsMy Tuesday night pastel class wants to have a lesson on "water". This blog will be photo heavy since I think the progression of the demonstration is the most instructive.<br />
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The focus of my painting is not only water reflections but the play of light on the creek bank. The left side of the creek is mostly in shadow and the right side is in sunshine.<br />
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When working with water especially reflections I try not to have an exact replication of the scene similar to a Rorschach ink blot test. Reflections are also closer in value to each other than what is reflected. In other words the dark colors are lighter and the light colors are darker. That creates a closer value of colors in the reflection.<br />
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Also I create most of my reflection strokes as vertical strokes since what is being reflected is growing upward in a vertical direction. At the very end of the drawing I'll add horizontal stokes to reflect movement in the water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final for "Red River Autumn Reflectons"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Start adding pastel - darker colors first</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of sky colors. Add similar values but vary the colors</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continue adding more details with pastel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add more specifics in sky and trees. Left side in in shadow and right side is in sunshine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting close to finish but reflection shapes are too dark and edges too sharp</td></tr>
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<br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-16154898603380222192019-02-12T20:13:00.000-08:002019-02-12T20:14:29.322-08:00Drawing Lesson 2 - Trees<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My last blog was about drawing using a simple pear as the subject.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This lesson follows the same methods but I'm using a more complicated shape of a tree for the example.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this "edges" drawing I'm studying the general edges of the tree but not the very details of every in and out of the shape. I always measure the height and width of the subject. Is the general shape a square or </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rectangle? In this case the rectangle shape is taller than it is wide.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This drawing is a controlled contour drawing. I drew all the detailed ends and out of the edges but unlike a true contour drawing I looked at my paper and guided the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">drawing along the lines of the earlier "edges" drawing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover, to your surprise, that you have rendered something in its true character." - </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camille Pissarro</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint" - <b>Arshile Gorky</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, drawing well is really important but the skill does not happen just because you wish it so. It takes practice, and more practice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The drawing book by Betty Edwards "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" is excellent and it's a drawing course classic. BUT you have to read it and DO the exercises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first image is a photograph of a simple pear, but to draw the essence of the pear you have to see all the correct edges. Don't draw a symbol of a pear, but draw what you really see. You have to train your eyes to see and your drawing hand to follow what your eyes are seeing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a contour drawing. Yes, it looks pretty funny but to do a contour drawing you don't look down at your paper at all while you're drawing. Follow the exact edge of the pear with your eyes and draw along as your eyes see each little variance of the edges of the pear. </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The purpose of this exercise is to train your eye to really see the shape and not just draw what you think it should be - when you just draw what you think it should be you'll fall back into the habit of drawing symbols instead of drawing the reality of the pear.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a drawing using shading to depict the 3-dimensional </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">volume of the pear. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First, I sketch in the angles of the pear, getting the leaning angle correct. Then, when I'm comfortable with the shape, I start looking at the shadow values. I draw the shadow lines as they depict the angles of the planes of the shape. </span></div>
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Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-63214863274749974982019-02-03T20:07:00.002-08:002019-02-03T20:07:54.706-08:00Mingo RoadThis is one of my favorite places in West Virginia.<br />
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In this painting I wanted to create a sense of atmosphere and nostalgia.<br />
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Here's the reference photograph which as you can see isn't very good, but sometimes that's better because it gives the artist room to interpret the scene.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reference photograph</td></tr>
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The watercolor underpainting is created with strong expressive colors which are generally darker than the planned pastels that go on top.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 1 - Watercolor wash underpainting</td></tr>
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Start adding pastels but observe what has happened with the underpainting which can suggest an atmosphere of color.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 2 - start adding pastel especially in the sky <br />which sets the reflective color for the entire piece</td></tr>
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Continue to slowly add pastel. Some of the underpainting can remain without pastel on top if the value is correct.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 3 - Adding more pastels to the point of interest - the road and cabin area</td></tr>
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Finish adding pastel color - remembering to repeat colors in other areas of the painting. Try to establish a rhythm of color movement. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final step - Adding color and texture in the field and adjust colors throughout</td></tr>
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Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-78751129433336637292019-01-21T20:14:00.002-08:002019-01-21T20:14:45.645-08:00Underpainting or Not<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) on black Uart paper and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) on cream colored Uart paper with a watercolor underpainting. </span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why? To show how the underpainting affects and suggests the rest of the pastel painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The focus of this scene is to show the field glowing with sunshine.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Buckeye Meadow Light" on black UArt paper</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Uart sanded paper can accept many types of underpainting techniques including watercolor, very thinned oil painting, pastels liquified with rubbing alcohol and pastel rubbed in with paper towel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this demo I created the underpainting with watercolor. The loose approach of watercolor can produce some unexpected "happy accidents". Using complementary colors for the underpainting can create either a vibrant pastel which bounces off the complementary underpainting or can suggest a more nuanced approach.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor underpainting for "Buckeye Meadow Light" </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I liked the warm color of the watercolor sky so decided to go with that suggestion and keep the sky light and warm.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 2 is adding pastel over the underpainting.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After adding the first layers of medium and dark color pastels, I add lights to the areas that are bathed in sunshine.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medium and dark pastel colors, then add the lights - golds and yellows</td></tr>
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After working on the lights, the only area left is the sky which I usually deal with first. But the suggestion of the warm sky color made me leave it to the end. Sometime you just have to go with the flow and you'll know when it's right to deal with an area.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The light sky color helps tie together the warmth in the field and the light on the tree.</td></tr>
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Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-11919557454845626972019-01-08T13:59:00.000-08:002019-01-08T14:03:17.992-08:00Part 2: Making bright clean colors<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I like showing the final image first so you can get excited about the colors. This image is composed of complementary colors: purples and golds/ blues and oranges with some added green because I can't seem to restrict myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The mountains are created with first putting down purple (which was too bright) but then modifying that color with complementary mauve - a grayed down reddish/purplish color. It serves as a way to calm down the purple and push it back. This is a case when using muddy colors can add clarity to the image by separating the point of interest from the background.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the final step. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the reference photo which is the inspiration but not the exact image. Use reference photos to capture the basic idea but don't be enslaved to it. As you can see the color is way off and I focused on the top 1/2 of the image for my inspiration.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step #1: Sketch in the basic shapes - don't be too detailed, just the shapes, please.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 2: Block in the shapes with darker colors and wash in with rubbing alcohol to establish the base color.</td></tr>
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<br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-84138227037943173602019-01-08T13:20:00.001-08:002019-01-08T13:20:09.654-08:00Part 1: Making Mud<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My students have been asking, "How do you keep your colors clean, and not make mud?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will be a 2 part post.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part 1: How to make muddy colors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part 2: Clean colors demonstration</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making mud - really means how to keep your colors clean and bright, but I think the best way to learn to make clean colors is first to make "muddy" colors.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The term "Mud" can mean "brown" or "grayed & not bright".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having grayed down colors serves a purpose - mostly to help make your bright colors stand out from each other. Too many bright colors yelling all at once creates chaos.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To make brown when mixing oil paints follow this formula "More red than yellow, more yellow than blue".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But these are pastels so you'll have to layer colors on top of each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, try mixing all the primaries on top of each other and then the magic touch - rub it in with your fingers. If you've taken a workshop or class from me you know how much I preach against rubbing with your fingers and this is the #1 reason why. - muddy colors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The image above shows mixing primaries to get muddy colors and mixing secondaries to also get mud. Complementary colors generally gray down the original color too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The images on the right show a brightly colored drawing and below I drew the image with the same colors but then made a second and third layer with the complementary colors. Placing complementary colors on top grays/muddies the colors. Sometimes this will produce exactly what you want - a moody image - not bright and sunny for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next post will show the steps for a bright, sunny clean colored drawing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-10025177784708077422018-11-26T18:08:00.000-08:002018-11-26T18:08:24.008-08:00Oh Winter! Creative Time<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Red River Boulders" 11"x14" pastel</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's only November but with temperatures 15 degrees below normal, it's wintertime here. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I can bemoan it or embrace it for the quiet creative time it presents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I"m doing both. I'm looking at the plein air sketches from this fall and working up larger studio pieces for the 2019 art fair season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plein air can be a challenge. For me it's best to think when going out in nature, "this is just a sketch to observe the natural world around me, not a time to create a final framable piece."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This plein air sketch, I think, works well. Good compositional movement and good observation of color.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"River's Bend - Fall Light" 7"x10" pastel sketch</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one is not very successful. I don't like the colors but these colors are closer to what I was observing than what the camera recorded. There are some elements here I can use in other work, as I did in the drawing at the top of the page.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Red River Boulders" - plein air sketch</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-53760562450988294122018-11-20T17:01:00.001-08:002018-11-20T18:40:46.506-08:00Little House Color Fun<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's have some more fun with color. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you have a design you like you can redo it using different color combinations and producing a very different scene.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original sketch was done many years ago as I sat in a cemetery and gazed past the cemetery at this </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">alone </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">little house surrounded by some very tall trees. I drew a sketch on a random piece of paper that happened to be in the car.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original sketch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Little House Morning"<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes I misspell the word "morning" as "mourning" but the little house looks too happy to be in mourning. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For this next one, I just wanted to use opposite color on the color wheel (Blue the opposite of orange) and as I worked on it the meaning became clear - a nocturnal scene.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Little House - Nighttime"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Three is more interesting than two so for the 3rd drawing I decided to add more trees and surround the little house with warm fall colors.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Little House Fall"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-52926415048301699052018-11-19T20:25:00.000-08:002018-11-19T20:25:08.883-08:00Lucinda's Tree Final final<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowing when to quit is always a problem when creating artwork.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where the piece ended on Tuesday night during pastel class</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After not looking at the piece for a week - always a good technique - I saw some issues today that needed to be worked on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Issue #1 the foreground was too dark and served as a block instead of a lead-in. And I added some orange on the left side next to the bottom of the tree in an attempt to connect the sunny field to the tree and the shaded foreground </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adding more turquoise blue and some lighter purples over the dark blue in the foreground<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Issue #2 - you really can't tell in the photo, but I lightened the background woods and modified the orange foreground weeds on the left. Unfortunately now the area looks muddy.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pushing too far can create muddy colors<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Issue #3 When to quit. I'm still not satisfied with the orange/blue-green area on the left, but this piece has been overworked. Time to stop!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lighten the foreground and create a shaft of sunlight across the foreground shadow area</td></tr>
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Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-26833772237780008332018-11-18T20:17:00.000-08:002018-11-18T20:17:25.996-08:00Steps for Lucinda's Tree<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my Tuesday evening pastel class, the students liked the the expressive colored square "Lucinda's Tree" more than the very horizontal version that I had prepared a "Step by Step" printout. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's the steps to create the more expressive colored version.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the original that my students liked.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Lucinda's Tree" - square</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Block in the shapes and create an underpainting. I washed in the underpainting with rubbing alcohol. As you'll remember, pastel is more vibrant when applied to a colored surface - a white surface seems to weaken the colors - more about that in another blog.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 1 - create an underpainting of the shapes and block in those shapes using dark colors for the shadow areas and orange for the sunny areas.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apply the first layer of color. I don't blend the colors with my fingers or paper towel. I prefer to allow some of the flecks of underpainting to show through which gives a more vibrant color. This photo shows the first layers of sky color over the pink underpainting.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first layer of color over the pink sky. More layers will be added after the other colors.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 3-4</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I demonstrated I forgot to continue to take progressive photos. Sorry about that. Here's mostly the final layers of color. Tomorrow I'll post the final, final.......</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steps 3-4. Adding oranges and yellows to the sunshine on the field and blues and purples to the shadows. Modifying the orange on the tops of the trees in the woods with some lavender helps to keep that color back along the horizon line. <br />I added peeks of the azure blue of the distant hills through the treeline to keep the woods from being a heavy color mass. I lightened the upper part of the sky with a lighter blue and lightened the horizon with pale yellow. <br />Part of the pink underpainting is still showing through.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the original "Step by Step" which is the same little tree in the field but a more horizontal format, cloudy sky and more modified colors.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the original Step by Step with the reference photo.</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_1346956789"></span><span id="goog_1346956790"></span><br />Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-75882526417810518072018-11-11T07:00:00.000-08:002018-11-11T07:00:08.996-08:00Orange Tree vs Purple Tree<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Continuing with our color studies here's a color combination that does work and another that really doesn't work, and I'll tell you why.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Alone" a warm color tree on a dark background.<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the top image the orange/yellow tree sits on a warm bright yellow field and the background is a blackest green row of trees. The tree and field move forward and the background drops back as it should.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Alone purple" </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you heard the saying "shrinking violet"? </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Generally the color purple drops to the background especially if it's a cool purple, and red, a bright warm color moves forward. </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The color combination with the purple tree doesn't </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">work because the purple tree drops back and red background comes forward. </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The light purple field and the purple tree want to drop into the background. The warm yellow sky moves forward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So this color combination not only doesn't work it is jarring with shapes and colors moving back and forth. It works if the artist's purpose is to create a design that disorients the viewer.</span><br /><br />
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Marianna McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262591108236547657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924756727549650426.post-62064970163235518622018-11-10T07:00:00.000-08:002018-11-10T07:00:09.498-08:00Steps for Lucinda's Tree<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the final version of "Lucinda's Tree - Early Fall"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a version of "Lucinda's Tree - Early Fall" and steps that show how they were created.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feel free to draw along with me.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketch in with a dark pastel indicating location of darkest areas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oddly blue tree - does it work? Interesting.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My previous post shows black and white value studies that explored different composition ideas for "Lucinda's Tree".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today, I'd like to show different color studies which also include format changes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Small color studies 2"x3", 4"x5", give you the freedom to experiment with different color ideas without committing to a large more time consuming piece which you would probably be more hesitant to experiment with. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple and orange version</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mostly orange version</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After working on some horizontal ideas I went to a square format.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange tree and yellow/green fields. In this one I added an indication of the fence<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's 1 that I really like.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Alone" Little orange tree with ominous background <br />
and a small shining village on the hill. <br />
This allegory is about what?</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Try some color studies with your own tree designs. It's fun.</span><br />
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