Quick Tip 174 - Gradated Value Fields
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Artist/art teacher Dianne Mize shows how she developed a gradated value field for the background of her Series 40 Lesson 3 full length instructional video.
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Hi Dianne, I just retired and discovered your videos. I’m hooked ! I’ve been binge-watching the quick tips. At first I just watched as a review to jump start my long neglected art, but to my delight I have learned something from Every single quick tip. You always seem to break it down to basics and offer reasons Why, for which I must humbly thank you. I use the logic as a springboard to possibilities. I wish I’d met you long ago, indeed I feel like I Have met you. Thank you Dianne for your generosity of spirit. CarolBella, Lyme, CT
Thanks. I am delighted you find these helpful.
You are a great teacher, generous, kind and wonderful.
Thanks for that!
Thank you miss Dianne, I’ve been having trouble with this, but now I understand it better! Your a jewel!!
I'm delighted that this Tip helped.
Thank you, this is very informative. I enjoy your teaching. Cheers
Thanks. I enjoy doing these.
Diane, you’re the greatest! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for that. It's always a pleasure.
Hi Diane As it has been said before you are truly a jewel of a teacher, thank you for all you do. I would like to second the request for glazing, I watched the quick tip you did on fixing a painting with a glaze but am more interested in the old masters method of building up the colors over a detailed under painting (see I don’t even know correct terms 🧐 ) Or if you have a class on dvd direct me to it, again thank you for these wonderful tips!
Thanks, Lisa. That one would be a bit difficult to show because the old masters, when glazing, allowed each layer to dry before adding the next. I'll give it some thought and see how I might show that.
Interesting, I'm about to start a painting using a photo reference with the same set up - a diagonal dark to light. Of course, I'll be using color, but this helped me to be aware of what's happening in the reference, so I can take advantage of that element, because it really wasn't obvious to me in this particular instance. Thanks as always, Dianne!
My pleasure. The video coming out tomorrow shows how to use the gradated ground.
Thank you. I've never seen this before. I will be trying it.
It's just one of many ways artists can prepare their surfaces to make a painting more coherent.
Dianne, I was wondering what brush brand you recommend and what type bristle you recommend as well?
Mike, bristle brushes are good work horses and the best ones are a fine quality hog bristle. Utrecht's finest and Isabey bristles have held up well for me. For soft brushes, my favorite is the Vermeer. I also love the Rosemary Series 274. I don't care much for the synthetics.
Dianne, very helpful as always! Question: am I correct to assume you used acrylic just because it’s so fast drying and let’s you start in oil almost immediately? Or is there a property of the acrylic that makes it better suited for this purpose? Thanks so much...
You are right, Monica. Before acrylic was invented, artists who wanted to tone their canvases other than the traditional single tone would use a solvent plus pigment, else the drying time could be days. So using the acrylic is just for the convenience of drying quickly.
Hi I don't want to be greedy, as I already asked for atmospheric perspective, but could you put "glazing" on the schedule also? Many thanks for yet another great video.
Will do.
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Can you offer another tip on gradations using warm and cool temps along with the light to darks and what color to use before it goes into shadow. I see green used a lot in paintings. I wanted to paint cliffs near the ocean and was trying to learn by studying another artist’s work, but had a difficult time understanding the transitions. Love your tips. Trying most of them.
Candace, I will put this on our schedule. Meanwhile, check out my full length lessons in the Series, Working with Shadows.
Don't get me wrong. I find your videos instructional. That said, it would really help to see a finished painting as a frame of reference to know what you're working to achieve. Without that, your example seems meaningless
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
But then they’d take longer to make and we wouldn’t get as many lessons
All you have to do is use your imagination
This video, as with many of these short videos, are primarly technique based.
"How do you do...?"
The technique does not need to have a frame of reference, you are learning the technique.
As stated in this video - It is a values gradation, one that you find in nature - as in a Sunset, or Atmospheric Gradations.
This is for you to learn from and practice on your own so you can figure out the technique.
She is the teacher, she has put in hours of dedicated work, now, I would suggest you do the same.
As Diane said several times, this video is especially for those studying Lesson 3 of Series 40 but may be helpful for others. This technique is applicable to almost every subject as gradation is one of the most effective ways to move the eye. Try it and see :)
You could google her to see a bunch of her paintings.