(Post-class resources and exercises! ENJOY!)

Viridian Shades
done on site in Millville.

Color and
Contrast in Watercolor!

• Power Up Your Palette handout
• Power Up Your Palette! presentation (Full presentation – no sound; slide show)
• Sandy Allnock Ode to a Tiny Palette (Creative Commons Video)
  
  
• POSTWORKSHOP EXERCISES TO INCREASE SPEED
  • Exercise 1: Ditch the Details
    Paint only with one large brush exercising all of the options of that brush. Try a flat: Good for boxy shapes, broad washes and lines (on edge).
  • Exercise 2: Dwell on the Negative
    Set up a still life and paint only the air (negative shapes) around the objects.
  • Exercise 3: Built for Speed
    Get 4 pictures and paint all 4 them in 20 minutes. Quick sketching builds painterly qualities and forces you to forget about small shapes. Consider the use of counterchange in at least one image.
  • Exercise 4: Value Patterns in Black
    Set up a still life and light it from one side. With a brush and India ink indicate value patterns in solid black. If you are feeling uneasy do a simple (SIMPLE) line drawing but focus on white and black only.
  • Post-class Resources/Videos:
    • Hyperlapse Video – Black and White Sphere with Counterchange
    • Hyperlapse Video – Complements Orange Sphere with Blue with Counterchange
    • Hyperlapse Video – Boat in Magenta Tints and Hues (Filtering Values into Color Panes)
    • Hyperlapse Video – Full Palette with Complements Boat (Emphasis/DeEmphasis)
    • Hyperlapse Demo from Two Photographs: Two Figures From Two Photos in One Sketchbook Spread
    • Composition Tips
    • Understanding Swatches and Daniel Smith Paint Dot Cards (Creative Commons Video)
    • Urban Sketching in My Car Mandy Lewis Houston (Creative Commons Video) And I am getting a laptop steering wheel tray. How cool is that?!
    • Monet Cafe Series: 5 Ways to Create Contrast (Creative Commons Video)
    • Pixabay Free Photostock
  • Suggested artists who use contrast, silhouetting and complements (high contrast with extreme darks):
    • Google Search of Charles Sluga
    • Google Search of Dusan Djukaric
    • Google Search of Joseph Zubick
• Books:
  • Watercolor Impressionists (Always recommend.)
  • David Webb – Painting in Watercolor: The Indispensable Guide
  • Charles Reid’s Watercolour Secrets
• List of Cheryl’s_Watercolor_Supplies. List of colors, supplies and my commonly used materials.

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