tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703068576156001254.post4845307635677149305..comments2024-03-13T07:15:43.129-04:00Comments on Karin Wells Studio: A Quickie Lesson in Layering Warm & Cool Colors to Create Realistic FormMy Painting Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328762840797167158noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703068576156001254.post-88126816049810730872015-10-31T13:02:54.235-04:002015-10-31T13:02:54.235-04:00Thank you "Unknown" - it is comments lik...Thank you "Unknown" - it is comments like this that make it all worthwhile. :)<br />My Painting Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328762840797167158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703068576156001254.post-81728773485598504842015-10-31T12:19:39.426-04:002015-10-31T12:19:39.426-04:00 This is an awesome post. Thank you so much for ta... This is an awesome post. Thank you so much for taking the time to be so thorough in explaining what has been extremely complex for me. Your posts have help me make an immeasurable jump, not just portraits, but painting and seeing objects in general. Cannot thank you enough!MJ Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994913225991729532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703068576156001254.post-15589605359398710502014-08-17T00:03:18.257-04:002014-08-17T00:03:18.257-04:00Yes Tony, my “rule of thumb” for a halftone is to ...Yes Tony, my “rule of thumb” for a halftone is to aim for a tonal value halfway between light and shadow. You can even add a touch of cool blue to make sure it stays cool - as compared to the color temperature that surrounds it (I mostly like to use French Ultramarine Blue for this).<br /><br />I tend to keep my shadows lighter then they appear in a photograph -because photos tend to clump values at each end of the scale and give a distorted value. But “observable reality” has more middle tones. I’m thinking that this is why most everyone says “don’t copy a photograph and work from life.” <br /><br />But I disagree. Go ahead and use a photo reference and experiment with those values - as long as it looks “believable” to your eye. Sometimes the drama of high contrast values works well.My Painting Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328762840797167158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703068576156001254.post-20209212169134775862014-08-03T21:11:50.493-04:002014-08-03T21:11:50.493-04:00Hi Karen! I read this at the start of the year and...Hi Karen! I read this at the start of the year and wanted to thank you - it's really transformed my portraits. I wanted your opinion on a rule of thumb for how to mix the halftone though - would you aim for a tonal value halfway between the light and shadow? Or would you aim for a colour which is a cool version of the light, but approx the same tonal value?<br /><br />I've had fun recently making the shadows much darker than they appear in the photos I work from. As long as I keep the light and highlights the same tonal value as in the photo, then it doesn't seem to matter how I mess about with the shadows - which feels good to me, much more as though I'm placing the subject in my own world than slavishly copying their photograph.<br /><br />But this made me wonder if there was a rule of thumb I could use to mix that cool halftone?<br /><br />Thanks, TonyTony Irwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526037188545062649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703068576156001254.post-27239299379629425652012-05-10T12:26:23.604-04:002012-05-10T12:26:23.604-04:00Thanks Maggie. You inspire me to keep writing. I a...Thanks Maggie. You inspire me to keep writing. I am working on a book - the basics of painting realism. It is to be in much greater detail than this blog will allow. It is really difficult and sometimes I want to give it up...but I won't when I think about you.<br /><br />Stay tuned and keep painting. It feeds the soul and helps us grow in so many ways, doesn't it?My Painting Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328762840797167158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703068576156001254.post-23234115495505425762012-04-30T01:53:34.299-04:002012-04-30T01:53:34.299-04:00Thank you so very much for giving of your talent i...Thank you so very much for giving of your talent in an easy to comprehend style. I am a shut in and started painting to help get used to constantly being in-doors. Your easy to follow lessons have helped me tremendously! Please keep it up.<br /><br />Maggie WintersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703068576156001254.post-48682074012009039892009-08-15T21:24:05.419-04:002009-08-15T21:24:05.419-04:00Thank you thank you thank you!!! This is so infor...Thank you thank you thank you!!! This is so informative and insightful! You have opened my eyes, Karin. Great post. I cannot tell you how much I have learned from you and continue to learn. I just hope that what I am learning begins to be reflected in my paintings. As you know, I do not do portraits and the only ones that I have done have been of family - but I am learning and determined. I value your lessons and mentoring very much. And, just so you know, I think you are the greatest portrait artist of the 21st Century. Your work is breathtaking and I cannot thank you enough for sharing your knowledge and gifts with those of us who otherwise would struggle.<br /><br />Susan<br />Over at "<a href="http://raisintoast.typepad.com" rel="nofollow">RaisinToast</a>"Susanhttp://www.raisin-toast.comnoreply@blogger.com