tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012811.post2730158931201847306..comments2023-10-04T06:41:27.983-07:00Comments on Brushwork: Painting Demo Under Artificial LightKaren Winslowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849218272902381062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012811.post-78804232435135333712010-09-27T14:25:38.774-07:002010-09-27T14:25:38.774-07:00Hi Judy. Thank you. I love doing demos. Since I...Hi Judy. Thank you. I love doing demos. Since I have several still life arrangements set up around the room, I have the students help me to pick one out for the demonstration.<br /><br />When I begin my demo, I am thinking about "pitch" and how I can analyze my painting and fit it into my value scale. I use little medium or none at all..just enough to get the paint to spread. Once my background and general masses are established, I often take a large brush (could be a sash brush) or a fan brush to control the amount of paint I have on the canvas or panel. I want my background to recede, so I do not want it to be to thick or come forward on me. When you control the amount of paint you have on your panel or canvas, you can lay down strokes with a very light touch, and they will not pick up paint the is underneath. You can do this with a landscape too, and paint thin branches over a wet sky, without disturbing the paint underneath. I hope this helps. :DKaren Winslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849218272902381062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012811.post-63612711143876747882010-09-27T11:53:29.169-07:002010-09-27T11:53:29.169-07:00Wish I lived closer-great demo. For your initial p...Wish I lived closer-great demo. For your initial passes, do you thin the paint,or apply only a little as drybrush? Then do you paint thicker when you start tightening up? My problem is going back into the previous paint- it gets muddy or I can't control the value or color of how it blends, especially if some white is in that previous pass. Thanks again!Judy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09176284042670900772noreply@blogger.com