Tuesday

Shades of Gray --- An Approach to Value Studies



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I set out Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Titanium White, Carbon Black, and all the Neutral Grays in between that Golden makes in a plastic container with compartments and a seal. Value studies are so important, but premixing all those grays ahead of time can be cumbersome enough to put it off time and time again. Now I have no excuses, and this container makes it so easy to pop the lid and paint at a moment’s notice.
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This book is about 6×9″. I’m reserving it for my value studies in acrylic, and have dubbed it “Shades of Gray”.
Here’s the first page. The cow was painted from a photo I took on Friday. The little landscape was painted here by the lakeshore this morning.
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2 comments:

  1. What a great setup! Thanks Jamie!

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  2. You are most welcome, Kate. Thank you for stopping in and commenting. You can see it in action out on location, the way this small, lightweight sketchbook rests on the lid of the container here: http://hudsonvalleysketches.blogspot.com/2010/09/painting-shades-of-gray-in-devils.html

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