Artists Studio Day 3
On Thursday I started adding layers to my paintings using lighter shades of the three colours I used already (red, orange and green). I continuously mixed these colours with white to make them lighter.
Here is after the first layer.
This is after the second layer which I really like as you can see the shadows of the colours as intended.
Here is the third layer of the lighter shades. With each lighter shade I used a smaller brush to avoid covering the previous layer completely. I used the very tip of the brush and dabbed it on lightly.
In this I used solid white. Eoin had advised me to not use solid white so I used it on one just to see why he recommended not to use it. After applying the white I understood why. It distracts from the background colours but I also thing I appied it on too heavily.
This is the finished collection. I added very little bits of white to the rest of the pages and I think they came out a lot better as it is less distracting and blends in well.
I really enjoyed this workshop as when I've painted previously I got very stressed the image I was referencing was very detailed and I was trying to get it as accurate as possible. But in this workshop I got to take a more abstract approach which was really fun for a change.
I'm happy with the outcome as there was a process before it where I learn new ways to paint and got to experiment and figure out what worked and what didn't.
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