Article · Painting Lessons With Marla
12-Simultaneous Contrast
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2019
About this lesson
A short lesson showing, with diagrams, how the same middle-value strip reads differently against different surroundings. Draws the practical rule that a painting should be developed all over at once, since each color is judged by its neighbors, and suggests testing marks at the canvas edge first.
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