Article · How to Pastel
Creating Colour Studies Can Improve Your Paintings!
By Gail Sibley
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2017
About this lesson
Takes one landscape from reference photo to value thumbnail, then to three small 3.5-inch color studies on the same composition with different first-layer palettes, some complementary and some warm analogous. Photos of each layer and the swatches used show how color choice changes mood.
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