Line Shape Form Space Value "Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire. " John Singer Sargent Value, or tone, refers to the use of light and dark, shade and highlight, in an artwork. One of my favorite painters current day that uses this in many of her pieces as an underpainting before she paints her colors in, is Texas Artist Rebecca Zook . Her work is incredible. Working in acrylic, she lays in her values before layering the colors on top. Texas Artist Nancy Medina , sort of does this but with transparent colors creating the forms and backgrounds of what she is painting. When I took one of her floral workshops we worked with browns and moved forward. With this lesson being on values... I want to take Rebecca's challenge of the black and white acrylic painted first and then layering of color...so this week I have examples of two pump...
Laurie Pace Fine Art is a contemporary American painter known for expressive horse paintings, figurative works, florals, and narrative art. Working primarily in oil, and occasionally beginning with acrylic underlayers, Laurie paints intuitively—guided by movement, emotion, faith, and the spirit of the paint itself.