Light's Changing Show

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Serial Painting
Serial Painting


  • creation of multiple plein-air studies of the same subject under different lighting conditions
  • a set of closely related studies one after another
  • storyboard a day of your life
    • do quick sketches of a changing landscape on a drive
    • makes you rely on your visual memory
    • at the end of the day, you will have a series of color schemes that show the changes of light from morning to night
  • Tips:
    • choose a motif that has a piece of sky and some distant pieces of space
    • paint the images on a set of separate panels on a larger board taped off into smaller rectangles
    • keep the drawing consistent so that the only variable is light and color
    • as you begin each study, don't look at the previous ones
    • paint the subject at different times of the day and you can return to the same spot at a different season of  the year
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At the End of the Day
  • Keep these 10 points in mind:
    1. color and light are closely related
    2. viewers will see the subject, but feel the color and light
    3. choose a lighting plan and stick to it
    4. know your color wheel
    5. know your gamut (the complete range or scope of something.)
    6. vision is an active process, we don't see as a camera does
    7. there is not a single brand of realism
    8. as you paint, you must constantly make comparisons from one area to another
    9. the outer eye fuels the inner eye, make observational sketches
    10. We are fortunate to be living today! Paints can be relatively cheap and there are many reference images on the internet

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