This month I have made a video color study. We will call it an experiment since the camera did some funkiness while filming. The next videos will be better prepared with a better camera with more manual control. If you like the content could you leave a comment, it helps me gauge how to make the next post, and is a template for my Gumroad videos that I will start posting up this Sunday, with a new drop every 2-3 weeks for the next several months.
Here is almost all the color/values premixed as a preliminary visit to the image and learning about how to manage the colors. Note that while it has a limited palette look to it, I used all the hues from the palette to make them.
This version also has too many highlights from the light source illuminating the canvas around the shadow on the right side but is better looking than the version in the video.
Enjoy the time spent learning and have a happy holiday.
Very interesting and extremely useful. Please do more. Thanks.
Thank you for the reply.
I really like it, especially the discussion about canvas and shadow color showing through and distracting the eye. In short studies, the question is always where to spend your time and I would not have guessed that cleaning up those holes was so important. Thanks!
Questions like these are great. Thank you for sharing and I will keep this in mind with other demonstrations.
I’m sorry for your camera woes, but it was not nearly as bad as I was anticipating from your comments. The video itself was wonderful, I would have happily watched more.
I’d love to hear more detail on your process, but if you have more videos in the works I guess I’ll get my wish. 🙂
Great job as always and thank you for the video!
Thank you Sarah and there will be more to come with commentary on the process for sure. Thank you!
Thank you Sarah and there will be more to come with commentary on the process for sure. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the demo Ron! You have a very calming voice. 🙂 I’m glad I’m not the only one who struggles with getting glare on paintings (especially since my boards curl up.)
I’m always fascinated to hear, not just what constitutes a finished study, but what to focus on with different studies like you explained here. One of the biggest intimidations for me when painting a complex subject is knowing what to expect before I start, almost like I have to have the image done in my mind before I begin. More difficult was early in my training I saw so many studies before that had the same detail as the finish that I didn’t even know what was “allowed” to be considered a bare minimum study.
I also love hearing the traditional art tackle talk, especially on oil paint. My Michaels store was surprisingly bare (no gouache, few paper and very little brushes) and trying to find good supplies online alone is very difficult with how much is there. I’m still looking for a sturdy board for finials that has the same feel as the papers I use for sketches and color studies. Having a mental checklist of “I use these supplies for this step.” Is such a stress relief.
Thank you so much again for your posts Ron. 🙂
Hey there Zach, for the color studies, cut up a bunch of cardboard boxes and gesso them, both sides, side 2 with a gesso x from corner to corner, duct tape them to a masonite board and you should have ample surfaces to “mess up” with no fear of ruining what is already a “ruined” box, but when you can, buy those canvas boards in the collected packs, I think on amazon they have 10 and 20 packs and usually go for stupid cheap.
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Hey Ron, I love when you post stuff on Youtube- super convenient to watch during lunch. Would love to see more Youtube vids if at all possible
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