This was one of the last sketches in Peggi's class and it was the exception to the rule I mentioned earlier about keeping shadows in a light area darker than light in a dark area. This was a 40 minute exercise, but I only painted 20 minutes because I was following the rule and made the shadows areas on the white sheet much darker than this. Peggi stopped me and did a little demo to illustrate how based on your impression of the subject, the rule should sometimes be broken. In this case, after the demo, I lightened the shadows on the sheet so they were lighter or a similar value to the sunlit grassy areas. In Peggi's demo, the shadow areas on the sheet were more definitely lighter than the sunlit grass areas giving a wonderful glow to her sketch, but we moved quickly to another exercise and so experimenting with this will be for the future.
I love this one! It's fantastic! Great sunny spots and open shadows
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying your posts. I am unable to attend any of Peggi's workshops, but I am so impressed with her teaching. I visited her web site and ordered her DVDs. I am looking forward to their arrival! Thanks for sharing!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI especially like the way Peggi breaks down the learning process into discrete exercises--it is a model that makes progress more possible and I'm glad that I've documented it here--so I can return to it and remember!
ReplyDeleteThe painting is super just the way it is. Just the right amount of information. Your eye does the rest.
ReplyDeleteI love this painting, just as it is! There's a touch of Vanessa Bell about your colours adn use of paint, it's great to see.
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