We started the evening discussing color families and mixing colors inside and outside the color families. I will post a tutorial about that soon so you have a visual to refer to. Then we worked on a painting of a magnolia by Martin Johnson Heade. Getting the subtle shading of a white flower was difficult! We started with a warm cream white and darkened it with its compliment for the shading. We tried mixing a pile of paint to three values, but that didn't go well. I think most of us ended up using one of the mixed values as a base color and then altering it on the canvas for the other values. In the end, it worked out pretty well. Many very nice paintings tonight.
Welcome back, Karen, we missed you! And, welcome, Igor! Glad to have you visit our class. Enjoy your stay.
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