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How to Paint more Loosely #1 :: Painting Techniques :: Plum Still Life
By The Thinking Painter with Michael King
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 12 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2016
About this lesson
A plum still-life exercise in painting loosely: place a stroke and leave it, working darks to lights and adjusting temperature and chroma.
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:42The Sketch
- 1:20Starting with the Darks
- 2:33The Mid Tones
- 3:19The Lights but Not too Light
- 5:22Warming the Darks
- 6:15Adjust Colour Temperature
- 6:30The Hightlight
- 7:31Reflective Light
- 8:05Adjusting the Chroma
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