Date: 3/12/2011Location: In-Studio with Lori Hight
Medium: Oil on canvas paper
Artist's Comments: Every artist reaches a point in their journey where self awareness and practice aren't enough and it feels like progress is not being made. I recognized this as a time to invest in learning and luckily for me, my long-time friend Lori Hight decided to put together a small group of students to teach. Our bi-weekly lessons would be hosted in-doors allowing us to focus each class on a particular skill set. Today, we worked on values and practiced recognizing the different values in a painting and using a single color mixed with white to complete the painting. The works were very small and we were told not to labor too much on details. It was a good opportunity for me to really think about how to approach a painting for example, how do I make areas of the painting stand out without using colors? Lori gave us a piece of red film that takes out the color and helps you focus on the different variations in values. It was difficult and if I was left to do this study alone, I think I would have quickly become bored so I appreciate the classroom environment as it provided a dynamic element that helped the lesson keep my attention. I went home that night and tried my hand at a second value study. I like how quickly a painting can be finished when using a single color. It gives me a sense of freedom not having to worry about using the right color!
To view other paintings in my collection, click on the section labeled "View all SitaScapes" located at the top right of my blog. I have categorized my paintings by the month as I complete them.
