Painting Day 17

"Lazy Day on the River" 16x20 oil on canvas, palette knife painting.

Yay, another one for the finished rack. 

I am teaching a workshop in the morning, so now I had better get my supplies together and finish my demos. 

Happy Friday!








Using your Values to building a composition




I just finished teaching a workshop on painting landscapes and I thought I would share a few tips.

Original photo. This is a scene in France that I am working on.
I often like to make a black and white copy so that I can just focus on the values and not be distracted by the color.

I forgot to photograph Step 1 which was a  monochromatic value study. This is Step 2.




Step 2: now that you have blocked in the large areas of light and dark, check to make sure you like the design of your composition. This is the time to make adjustments. You can know start to build on the information you have down.

Step 3

 Step 3: Working within in the pattern of your light and dark values, start to build the color.
Step 4

 Step 4: continue to build the color, still mindful of your values. You can now begin to add details
Step 5
Step 5: Adding more detail and adjust the colors. If you keep your colors in the correct value range, you will keep the compositional design.

Step 6

Now for the fun to start - laying in the details and rich color. At this point, you are free to paint. You have your foundation set, so have fun.

 I will post the finished painting ASAP

Cheers, Dawn

4th Annual Art Show at Binders



Every year Binders hosts a gallery opening for my painting students from SCAD Atlanta and Spruill Community Arts Center. We had another great and successful show this year. Seven paintings were sold on opening night.
 Thank you for all those you helped out and made it possible. The food and wine were excellent (thanks to 103 West and Bret Kathey from Icon Estates) and of course there was the great music preformed by Eddie Varsalona!!  
The show will be up through July 2nd. Please stop by if you get a chance.
Binders is located at 
3330 Piedmont Rd
Atlanta GA 30305
404 237 6331