"Avocado and Tomatoes"
approx. 8 x 11 inches, oil on Arches oil paper
Sold
After reading this post by James Gurney, I decided to try some notan sketches on brown cardboard as a warmup for this painting - and it was fun! It's so satisfying to put thick white paint over a midtone surface. Why? Who knows - but I'll be back for more.
The idea with notan is that midtones have to get lumped into either dark or light - you only have two values to work with. These forced choices remind us that we are interpreting, not copying the subject; composition is something we impose on nature. Two artists will not come up with the same value scheme in a notan sketch. There is no right or wrong way to do it.
Also, it looks cool!
2 comments:
Hello! I love your blog, I'm always looking forward to your posts. I like how you simplify with your brushstrokes, especially with this value one. And you have a fantastic sense of color. Keep up the awesome work :)
Thanks, Heather! I appreciate it!
Post a Comment