Tonalist For A Week

The one thing I came away with this past week is if you make your painting the right value it will be a good painting forget about the color. I spent the week painting with the limited pallet so I could nail down some of the ideas that were being taught.
By noon on tuesday, I had started putting on my colors throwing out the black, I  realized that I'm a confirmed colorist.
Everything that was taught will certainly carry me throughout my painting life.

As a teacher I learned the most from the Ken Auster workshop. No question was left unanswered and there was not the usual "see the bunny in the woods" philosophy that I have witnessed in other workshops. Just because you like someone's paintings doesn't mean they are a good teacher.

In conclusion a quote from Emil Gruppe expresses it best for me.

"You paint the way you're made.  And the viewer, looking at your pictures, is interested because he senses your mind and emotions at work....  I studied with everybody that I thought was any good- each artist had his own approach.  But when they differed, it didn't matter, because the real art comes after the study, when you're on your own and have to... express your own attitude....

Two Red Cars

Limited pallet Sketch


This Last painting is a sketch using my full pallet