Summer Barn - 24 x 30 Inch Original Oil Painting by Colorado Artist Carol Hein

Just off the easel.  Summer Barn by Colorado artist Carol Hein


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Pigeon Cove - 8 by 10 Original Oil Painting by Carol Hein

My daughter and I were in Maine a few years ago and stopped in Pigeon Cove.   It's a beautiful spot and you know me, I'm a sucker to blue.  This is off to my new gallery on Friday.

"Pigeon Cove" is an 8 by 10 original oil painting, framed and ready to hang.

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New York Water Taxi - 8 by 10 inch Original Oil Painting by Colorado Artist Carol Hein

New York Water Taxi

8 x 10 inch original oil painting

$200 unframed

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Those of you following my blog know that I painted this scene in Kevin Weckbach's class using only Windsor Violet and Windsor Yellow.  Here is the same scene using my full pallet.  

Yesterday marked the half way point through his class.  I am enjoying painting again!!!!!  We're off for 3 weeks, then back at it.

Boston Harbor Boats - 8 by 10 Inch Original Oil Painting by Colorado Artist Carol Hein

Boston Harbor Boats  - 8 by 10 inch original oil painting by Colorado artist Carol Hein.

This was painted in Kevin Weckbach's class a few weeks ago.  The visual approach is light and shadow.  It is one of the paintings of mine he critiqued and one of four selected as studies that I can paint on a 24 x 30 canvas the last three weeks of class.

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Red Barn in Snow - Original Oil Painting by Colorado Artist Carol Hein

Red Barn in Snow - 8 X 10 inch original oil painting by Colorado artist Carol Hein.

This is another example of local tone as a visual approach.  Kevin has asked us to complete 8 paintings in the next 6 weeks.  He will then help us to select one of them to paint "large" on a canvas at least 30 inches long on one of the sides.

Last week we started color theory.  I will post about that later this week.

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Gray Ships - 8 x 10 inch Original Oil Painting by Colorado Artist Carol Hein

Gray Ships - 8 x 10 inch original oil painting.


This painting was fun to do.  There wasn't much "color" so the shapes needed to be defined by value shifts.

It was not done in class or as a "homework" assignment so it is for sale.  $250 unframed includes shipping and handling.  To purchase contact Carol at carolhein@sbcglobal.net Visit my website carolhein.com

Local Tone as a Visual Approach

A couple of weeks ago an artist friend of mine gave me an earful for not posting in such a long time.  She was right!  It's been forever -  but there was Christmas, a house full of people (my daughter got engaged!), New Years, more family, you know how it goes.  Anyway, my last post was about light- dark pattern as a visual approach.  I have not included any information on equalization.  As a visual approach, equalization drove me slightly crazy.  Basically it involves bringing a uniform sense of pattern to the entire canvas.  Good examples can bee seen in Gustav Klimt's landscapes.  They are beautiful but I found drawing or painting using total equalization to be daunting.

In January we began to use color.  The painting above is an example of local tone as a visual approach.
Local tone condenses value in to 3 groups, light, medium and dark.  It is similar to what you see on an overcast day.  Everything is flattened down and there are no cast shadows.  The medium value group ties itself to either the dark group or the light group.  If the medium group is tied to the darks, the light group will stand out.  If tied to the lights, darks will stand out.  Groupings can contain several value shifts.  The group with the most value shifts draws the greatest focus.  The number of value shifts within each group should be unique.  For instance the light grouping could have 1 value, the medium 5 value shifts and the dark 2 shifts.

Artwork by Van Gogh, Andrew Wyeth, Cassatt, and the Russian School painters are all good examples of local tone.

We're moving on to Light and Shadow as a visual approach - then color theory.  Can't wait.  Paid for the next 6 months of instruction last week.

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