pittore: Session Due

We will begin session two outdoors at the Brackenfern Street site (drive past the Lane County dump entrance heading south past the new Hotel at the end of Glenwood Drive. Go straight ahead on Brackenfern until you come to the first interesection). I'll try to add a map below. In any event, we will begin at 5 pm on August 14th and will go until it gets dark (around 8:20 pm). Bring a jacket and a cap in case weather gets difficult. In case of rain we will meet at the MK Art Center.

Drawing and Composition:

I will begin this post by discussing drawing and composition. Here are a series of drawings I made on a trail near Spencer's Butte:

Notes: Hold your pencil to the side when you draw and try to make the overall drawing light. As you can see above (pencil on paper), try for subtle changes in pressure as you press the pencil down...lighter for distant areas. You can see some subtle colors added as well.

I will add a more thorough discussion of drawing and composition here on my next update of this post.

Now back to establishing the drawing in paint (remember the macchia?):

Adjusting the drawing and adding color:

Starting over using direct painting (little or no underpainting Macchia, just remembering previous drawing and [painting directly with colors):

The importance of drawing cannot be emphasized more. If you cannot produce an Accurate plan for your painting (drawing) you will probably struggle while attempting the painting. Here is another example, this time the location is the view from Silvan Ridge Winery. The first sketch is very loose and scribbly and the second is more detailed. They are both done with graphite pencil on paper:

Next, let's look at the resulting plein air painting. Firest I will show the black and white version so you can study the values:

Next the color version of the same painting:

By the way, this and other works will be on display at Silvan Ridge Friday, August 29th, 5 pm to 8 pm at the winery. Music...wine tasting and buying...paintings.