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Garden Focus

Mixing green in accordance with value. Redoing & fixing a too-dark plein air garden pond oil painting. Notes throughout video and below for watercolor artists.

28min

The photos were added after I made this video... look how they spice up the color swatches I make in the video! It's so fun to play with chips of color with no form, drawing, or angst of 'how to make a painting'. This is pure exploration for the joy of pushing paint around. Look at the photos as the video unfolds... do you see photos that could use the swatches? What is good/bad about the photos in your opinion?

Sort your own photos and try some color swatch mixes.

Choose photos with near/mid/far groupings of value. Or zoom in to try some leaves.

If you want to get structure & mass try drawing for leaves turning, or shapes of trees.

This lesson is more about color dots and bands in the landscape. Also understanding paint pigment qualities & mixing color. Other videos in the program coach you on how to manage this with a target example or as to media (as explained in the video... there are Fundamental videos and Landscape videos that show oil and watercolor demos to view).

It's important to understand light, medium and dark greens. Plus warm/cool greens before we go to the colorful gardens segment (coming up!). Enjoy this process!

Value Scale w/ Notes

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