September 29, 2009

figure value studies

This assignment involved painting a black and white study first, and then painting the same pose in color. I changed the background a little; my main focus was in getting the values in the figure to read correctly.
“Connect the lights and darks so your eye can move through the painting without interruptions"...Peggy Kroll-Roberts

2 comments:

Janelle Goodwin said...

Such good advice for painting any type of painting. Thanks for the reminder! Lovely figure you painted in color and shades of grey.

Marian Fortunati said...

Great comment.... I sooooooooo wish I could remember and use these pearls of wisdom when it counts!!!

PS... Thanks for dropping by my poll and voting... Seems opinions vary greatly and I may just have to do an eany meany miny mo... LOL