GIVING PAINTING MORE SNAP
Dilettante
One way is to use contrasts of light and dark together. This is not
easy. Say you have a red area. Next to it you put an area in a
compatible but harmoniously vibrating colour, say violet. If the red
is dark, you would assume adding white to the violet to make lavender
would work, but it doesn't always work. If you make the red pink, so
you can keep the violet dark, you get a large area of pink, which can
be unattractive. Pink is a dangerous colour and does not go with dark
violet.
Another way to create contrasts is putting black outlines on the forms
and putting in streaks of white in various parts of the painting.
Substituting pastel versions of the colours one is already using does
not always work, because the pastel is a different animal and pastels
tend to be flat.
A third way of adding sparkle is to use glazes. This involves painting
the area white first. Then painting the undercoat so the white beneath
it will reflect light through it. Finally, painting on the dark glaze.
This adds interest.
Glass varnish itself intensifies the colours.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Dilettante
G*rd*n
Why are you _painting_? There are zippier media.
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Dilettante
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> Why are you _painting_? There are zippier media.
I posted to get elicit comments on this subject.
D
Flobby Bischer
We have to see the result to judge it.
Dilettante
> Any idea is great or terrible in text when it referrs to painting.
>
> We have to see the result to judge it.
The purpose of this thread is the discussion and exchange of painting techniques.
This is your brain on drugs.
D