Article · Ed Terpening Fine Art
Color Spots Demonstration
By Ed Terpening
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2019
About this lesson
Demonstrates the Hawthorne color-spot approach: design the big shapes in charcoal, pre-mix separate light and shadow piles for each major area, test spots of color where areas meet, then fill the drawing with flat planes and let correct light/shadow relationships create form.
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