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Post by angela on Jul 27, 2014 10:41:30 GMT -6
Celeste, I have been following this thread and I have to say, you are a fabulous instructor!! I went to Mr. Lovett's site and can see why he is your favorite. There is a painting titled Taxi in his gallery that is tonal and has great contrast. Another great example in his gallery is titled, One Shoe Off. I love learning about this stuff thank you so much.
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Jul 29, 2014 21:00:41 GMT -6
Thanks for your continuing inspiration Celeste. Great examples of the use of tonal expression. And color.
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Post by Tami Durbin on Jul 31, 2014 23:39:46 GMT -6
Dear Celeste,
I have gone over this thread again. I am more clear on the 3 different types of paintings. It is going to take some practice to recognize which contrast a painting is, but I am recognizing some of them.
I think that the painting which I painted of Matthew C. in the tree is a tonal painting. i think the Lucky Hat painting is also a tonal painting.
A while back when I painted a 5" x 7" watercolor of the blue grapes which you had painted, well I am not sure which contrast that would be? I remember that there was temperature contrast, but they also looked dimensional. I do not know about that one.
Thank you for sharing this information with us here on the forum.
Tami
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Post by Celeste McCall on Aug 1, 2014 12:15:08 GMT -6
Dear Tami, I'm hoping that once we start studying the other two contrasts (color and intensity) that it will be easier. Just remember.... 1. If you are not painting with bright intense colors all over the piece....it's not color contrast. 2. If you are painting with mostly dull colors and only one place in the painting....at focal area.....is bright intense color....And if there are very very very few white or black areas.....then you are painting intensity contrast. 3. Otherwise.....it's a tonal painting. In a tonal painting it is super important to get the lights LIGHT...and the darks DARK......but not always white and black kind of value contrast. IF a painting looks great in grayscale or b&w....it's pretty certain that it is a tonal painting. Here is an example of bright clean Color contrasts (which is same as temperature contrasts)which don't look so good in grayscale. But who is going to tell our Lord that this isn't gorgeous as is? Not me....I love it even without any darks and lights! Here is same photo grayscaled.
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Post by Celeste McCall on Aug 1, 2014 12:48:41 GMT -6
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Post by Celeste McCall on Aug 1, 2014 12:56:59 GMT -6
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Post by Tami Durbin on Aug 1, 2014 13:12:08 GMT -6
Dear Celeste, The very first Thomas Kinkade example does not come up, but all of the others do. So intensity contrast has mostly dull tones and a little bit of intense color. Color contrast has images that do not have form and do have bright, clear colors, that contrast in temperature. That is what I am thinking at this point. Thank you very much for explaining this to us!!! Tami
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Post by Tami Durbin on Aug 1, 2014 13:18:28 GMT -6
Just remember....
1. If you are not painting with bright intense colors all over the piece....it's not color contrast. 2. If you are not painting with mostly dull colors and only one place in the painting....at focal area.....is bright intense color....And if there are very very very few white or black areas.....then you are painting intensity contrast.
3. Otherwise.....it's a tonal painting. In a tonal painting it is super important to get the lights LIGHT...and the darks DARK......but not always white and black kind of value contrast.
Here is an example of bright clean Color contrasts (which is same as temperature contrasts)which don't look so good in grayscale. But who is going to tell our Lord that this isn't gorgeous as is? Not me....I love it even without any darks and lights!
I have a question about what you wrote in the red statement above. Is the word NOT suppose to be in that statement?
Thanks, Tami
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Post by Celeste McCall on Aug 1, 2014 16:24:26 GMT -6
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Post by Celeste McCall on Aug 1, 2014 16:59:15 GMT -6
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Post by Tami Durbin on Aug 1, 2014 17:17:54 GMT -6
Dear Celeste, I love Thomas Kinkade's work. His work is warm, friendly, and dreamy! Thank you for sharing it with us and thank you for fixing that statement. Tami
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Post by Celeste McCall on Aug 7, 2014 7:03:09 GMT -6
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