Coulter conducts workshops in Oil and Acrylic at the Reston Community Center, Lake Anne, Reston

Class in
Painting with Oil / Acrylic (for Adults)
at the Reston Community Center at Lake Anne
Wednesdays, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Contact Reston Community Center for information on signup
703-476-4500

Next class I teach will start in March, 2007

Painting on white versus tinted ground

Since the days of the Impressionists, a great many artists have been painting on a white toned canvas. This is not that only alternative. And, in fact, in some cases, the use of a pre-tinted canvas can significantly affect the painting. For instance, when painting a landscape, rich in greens, it might be interesting to prepare the ground with a red on earth red tint, to play off the greens. Sometimes painting light strokes on a dark tinted ground gives the painted area depth and variety.

Here's an example of two studies of a rooster:

 

If you're interested, check out my "Lessons on-line" I've recently been adding illustrations of some of the exercises (lessons 1-10) and will continue to work on adding content.

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