From the course: Painting Foundations: Light and the Landscape
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Color ground for our Venetian sunset
From the course: Painting Foundations: Light and the Landscape
Color ground for our Venetian sunset
- [Instructor] For our main study of the Venetian sunset, I'll be using a pre mixed pale umber color from Windsor and Newton for the color ground. This pre mixed color is only available in a galleria range from Windsor and Newton. I'll also be using some coarse molding paste from Golden paints for the texture. To show how dark or light the tonal values are in our reference image, I'll be holding up swatches of neutral gray tones. These also come from Golden paints, pre mixed from the manufacturer. So for choosing a harmonious color for our colored ground, I wanted a color that was quite neutral but also had a little bit of warmth to it that would just warm up these buildings and all the colors that are in the water as well as some of the tones that are in the sky. So here's a sample of the color ground color. And this is from Windsor and Newton. This is a pale pale umber and this is painted straight from the tube. Just diluted very slightly with a little bit of water. But you can see…
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Brushstrokes and broken edges14m 56s
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Color ground for our Venetian sunset11m 33s
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The importance of verticals14m 36s
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Four tones of the landscape3m 44s
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Poster study: Value planes13m 22s
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Challenge: Grouping tones together1m 37s
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Solution: Revealing the tonal studies11m 48s
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