First Time in Oil Painting
This is my first blog post on here too! We haven't been able to get my school books just yet, so while we were waiting, Ms. Mogatas (a friendly teacher that helped us choose our books) told us [my mom and I] to start up with Khan Academy , other websites and with my Art Elective, Oil Painting. So this week, I decided to work on my oil painting things. Were all my stuff ready? Check (I don't have an easel though). Was my oil painting book bought? Check. So, I'm pretty much set. My lesson book Today's lesson was about understanding tone. Tone is basically how light or dark a color is. It's not to be confused with hue, which is about the color itself. It gives people an idea of what to the focus is on, since a human's eyes are usually attracted to light elements. With tone, depth and the illusion of being "three dimensional" happens. Today's lesson (you might want to tilt your head though) My still life models (what lovely little...