Another couple of the val-hue studies I do in preparation for doing the actual paintings. I can't over-emphasize the benefits of this practice. Rather than thinking about "things" I'm going to paint, this involves designing the shapes, separating the values and trying out colors. Spending an hour or two in trying out light and dark shape arrangements (notan), Simplifying shapes and making sure no two are alike in size, direction or value puts you way down the road towards a successful painting, rather than trying to render the literal appearance of things (boring!). If the value relationships are correct, almost any colors will look good! This is 80% of whatever creativity will go into your work, and it really raises the fun and learning factors exponentially.
DRIFTING SHADOWS &
MORNING ON BEE CREEK
©Jimmy Longacre 2017
6x8 oil on canvas panel
Jimmy Longacre
subjective realist landscape paintings
GALLERY LINKS
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