Painting IntermediateFirst Lesson

Glenn Hirsch

Contents

1. Color and Light2. Chromatic Scales to enhance “Light”3. Review of Painting Technique4. Limited Palette Paintings Emphasizing “Light”5. Chromatic Scales examples (apples)

PART IColor and Light

• ‘light’ = ‘emotion’ = ‘contrast’• contrast of light and dark • contrast of orange against purple• Contrast of layers: the dark purple is painted on top of the orange under-layer• The technique is called ‘GLAZING” • Transparent layers over each other• Each layer is painted, and then dried, before proceeding to the next

Light can also be found in an abstract painting

Part IIWarm/cool color concept in

“Chromatic Scales”

• Contrast of warm and cool versions of each color

Chromatic scale in reds to enhance the illusion of “light”

• Lighter b/w value in the light• Brighter intensity in the light• Warmer (orangey) red in the

light (vs bluer purplish) red in the shadow

Chromatic scale• Step by Step:• Light to dark• Bright to dull• Warm to cool

Black and white is the “value” of the color

• Chromatic scale

• Monet• Variety of

warm and cool blues

• Dragged into each other wet-into-wet

• This isn’t a ‘rule,’ it’s a ‘recipe’ to enhance the illusion of ‘light’

Part IIIReview of Painting Technique

• First do a thumbnail sketch on a separate piece of paper

• No detail – block in the light & shadow

• A very rough ‘thumbnail’ sketch on a separate piece of paper first

• First step• Block in the

whole composition, including the light and shadow

• Then let dry and clarify• Painting the

background also redefines the edge of the foreground shape (eg, in this case, the cheek)

• Painting in transparent layers = “glazing”

• step 1• let it dry• then step 2

Part IVA Limited Palette Painting

(black, white, blue and brown)

Part V “Chromatic Scales”

Examples: still life (apples)

• Make the color ‘sing’ with contrast of light/dark and warm/cool

• Chromatic scale• Oil (Georgia O’Keefe)

• Chromatic scale Watercolor (Charles Demuth)

• Chromatic scale Acrylic (Robert Haemmerling)

• Jos Van Riswick

• Famous artists practice apples (Paul Cezanne)

• Paul Cezanne