![]() ![]() The white is your brightest light and burnt umber can act as the dark. When you have the toned ground it acts as your mid tone. Pro tip: When you squint your eyes you simplify large areas making it easier to see which areas fall into light, halftones and shadows. Most objects can be reduced broadly into 3 tone masses, the lights, the halftones and the shadows.Īnd learning the habit of reducing things to the three simple tones is a fantastic foundation to base your drawings and painting on.Īt the beginning of a painting the main job is to establish an overview of the subjects 3 areas of tone without getting caught up in the detail, this is easier said than done and takes great practice This isn’t as apparent in the colour version because our brains have a ‘shadow blindness’ when viewing images.Ī beginner has the tendency to leave dark areas lighter as your logical brain tells you “it’s going to be too dark.” The 3 tone masses In the black and white version, your eyes are drawn towards how dark the back of the dancer is. In the coloured version your eyes are drawn to the face and the tension in the neck created by the composition. He then has added the darkest dark and lightest light to give the painting a tonal scale to work within. In the Degas above (an unfinished oil painting which is great to be able to understand his painting technique) you can see his use of the coloured ground. It as a misconception to think that adding black to a painting will make it dark and dull, in fact, it is essential to create a vivid painting. However, it’s very important to have a range of contrast in your paintings from black to white to truly show off the colours. If you transfer the same level of contrast to painting it can seem daunting and the areas of dark can look too heavy. If you are coming from a non-drawing background, you will have to be more aware that to make a dramatic painting “contrast is king”, rather than trying to add a bright colour to lift the painting… Pencil vs paintĬontrast is somehow clearer to understand in drawing because you have a white piece of paper and a dark pencil, It feels natural. Contrast is really important when you’re starting to learn how to paint.Ī good knowledge of contrast in drawing helps significantly because you will have learned the value of light and dark. ![]()
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