We did this one mini lesson where we each got a small portion of a bigger painting and we had to paint that certain section ourselves. There were four sections per painting, each section given to one person, and when we were all done with each one we put it all together to create the painting. My group had a painting from Georgia O'Keeffe. She's known for her flower paintings so that's what we painted. She had lots of ombre and shading in my portion so I had to learn how to do that and I learned how to mix certain paints to get other ones. The instructions I was given worked perfectly. I was told sectioning my portion would be easier to paint. I would be able to work in pieces instead of trying to figure out the whole thing. It would also be easier to paint details and it was! That little hint helped me a lot. I was told to paint light colors first and dark colors last. I didn't really follow that rule, but I should have because switching paints between light and dark was an extreme pain in the butt. Another lesson was something called modified contour. It's when the artist looks at edges of an object, but rarely |
looks at the paper when the pencil moves. When I did this, I drew a hand and I looked at the paper probably half the time (shhhhhh, don't tell anyone). I really like the way my hand turned out because it's like one of those drawings that look 3D. They are not really 3D, but look like they are and I absolutely love those. The instructions were pretty simple and very well said; use your hand as a model, once you put your pen down don't pick it up and look at the paper as less as possible. I had never use pen as a medium before that and I learned something about it, the hard way. Use the pens that dry instantly....not the ones that are wet....or it will smudge your ink and ruin your piece. |