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Portfolio: Beginning Oil
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Portfolio: Beginning Oil

by Jan Murphy
April 2017
Beginner
128 pages
2h 49m
English
Walter Foster
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CreatingMOOD & ATMOSPHERE

Image

Showing the Effect of Light

“IN NATURE, LIGHT CREATES THE COLOR. IN THE PICTURE, COLOR CREATES THE LIGHT.”

—Hans Hofmann, German-born American painter

Mood and atmosphere show the effect of light in your environment. One of the best ways to achieve this is to paint outdoors. The mood of the painting is often set by the quality of light in the sky.

A ground is the initial flat color that you put on the surface. White is the most inexpensive color to use. However, white can alter the perception of colors you put on top of it by making them seem dull. Because lighter colors are used for highlights in painting, it’s best ...

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