Thursday, May 01, 2008

Painting in colour

Here's a double whammy update on our painting classes from last Thursday and today. They actually work together as you can see the progression from this to adding more colour; working in low-key colour; and eventually moving to high-key colour.

Last week:

There was a warm spotlight on him, hence the warm yellow in the middle.




This week:




Phew ... I'm not sure about this high-key stuff - very not me (although when Hockney does it it looks fab). I had to really let go of any inhibitions, especially on the last one. Its all about learning though, isn't it?

4 comments:

Alison said...

Good for you - experimenting like this I'm sure it's useful in the ling run. I think you might enjoy seeing Elizabeth's knitted blanket - it's so original. You have to click on 'older posts' to see the whole thing.
http://eliztplnet.blogspot.com/

Adele said...

Interesting stuff! It's different than your other stuff, true, but isn't that what makes you grow?

steve said...

Beautiful! I really need to get back to painting again!

Carole said...

I think that last one is particularly fab! You've done a great job with those wild colours.