OIL LESSON 2

Blue Door with Tom Swimm

This lesson will show you the importance of using light and shadow in a painting. The eye is immediately drawn to areas of high contrast, such as the contrast created by the interplay of light and shadow. In this painting, Tom Swimm experimented with the light of late afternoon to create a visually interesting composition.

WHAT YOU NEED

BRUSHES:

• large flat brush

• medium flat brush

OIL COLORS:

• alizarin crimson • blue-violet • brilliant green • brilliant yellow • burnt sienna • cadmium orange • cadmium red light • flesh • Payne’s gray • phthalo violet • Prussian blue • sap green • titanium white • yellow ochre

EXTRAS:

• pre-primed canvas board or stretched canvas

• mixing palette

• palette knife

• turpentine ...

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