Article · Prismatic Palette
OPA - Kevin MacPherson Demo
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2009
About this lesson
A photo-documented account of Kevin Macpherson painting an alla prima landscape demo live, working shadow shapes first with a limited three-color-plus-grey palette before laying in light masses, with commentary on why 'black in light is lighter than white in shadow.'
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