I used this painting of a rooster to demonstrate how the use of pure primary colors, applied directly to the paper without mixing, creates vibrancy and strength. Notice where the paint in the shadow where the colors mingled there is less vibrancy of color.
(This painting was inspired by a painting by Pat Weaver)
The second week the theme was:
- Secondary Colors (Orange, Purple and Green),
- positive and negative shapes
- and creating a color wash
I first created a orange color wash over the entire piece of Arches 140 cold press paper. When the wash was completely dry I did several washes of purple to create the diffused clouds in the distance. Next was the tree concentrating on making interesting positive and negative shapes and varying the value of purple in the craggy tree. The last step was the foreground using purple and green to create the deep ground color.
Third Class - Still life - concentrating on form shadows and cast shadows.
