Another good day painting! Started off on Portland's eastside water front. Thomas did a 3 hour demo...lot's of good teaching. He picked a tough subject so it was interesting watching him solve a host of problems. We were down on the dock and it was pretty cold in the morning.
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| Thomas working out a very loose sketch. |
From there we headed to the Gamblin paint factory. That was a blast!! I was surprised at the size of the factory. The put out a lot of paint for 20 or so employees. It was cool seeing the raw pigments which come in from all around the world. They didn't allow us to take pictures in that area, but we were allowed pictures in the rest of the factory.
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Fresh batches of newly mixed paint. This is right after
mixing with the oil. |
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| I got such a kick at watching them fill the paint tubes. |
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| Mmmmm.....Ultramarine Blue anyone! |
Finally, we finished up the day at Sellwood Riverfront park. This was a free paint. Got some more great instruction from Thomas. He gave me some good tips on establishing the value relationships between various parts of the painting. I started out painting a scene that was lit by the sun which was slightly behind me, but by the time I was finished the sun well in front of me. Painting in such bright light resulted in a very dark painting, especially when compared to a painting a did the day before in the shade which turned out much lighter.
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My location at Sellwood Riverfront park.
Started off in the shade, ended in the sun - hot! |
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After I came in out of the sun I discovered the
intense light made me paint this way too dark. |
Tomorrow, the location is Women's Forum up in the Gorge. We'll also do some critiquing from this weeks efforts.
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