LESSON # 2 - Tonal Paintings

[jay-bird77]

I did one two years ago and after two years of pastel painting really excelled me with values!
And  poor to a lesser extent though.

[Val]

I'm right there with Dennis Jay, you did the lesson, grasped the concept, and got the technique. In my book, that's a success! 

[Annie.]

  Dennis for another great lesson. 

Although the painting is not great and my clouds were so bad I turned them into mountains...  I learn tonne during this exercise, including that it was normal for the pigments to separate.  Really puzzled me at first when I saw the blue floating in the water.  It will take me much more to master colour tonal values, but this is a great start.

I also tried a smoother paper then for the cosmos.  I did not like it very much as the paint was being absorbed very fast and it was difficult to lift off.

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[dennis]

Annie, you have captured the essence of the tonal ranges, and that is what the lesson was all about The first thing I saw was the beautiful and very well painted "mountains" Excuse me laughing, but they are good indeed. tonally speaking

[Annie.]

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[Val]

The first thought i had when I looked at your painting was,  look at those great mountains....  there were mountains? i didn't paint mountains, could have been I suppose.  Either way, I still can't tell what mine were! 

Super job Annie on the tonal ranges! 

[JBroxup]

First try at tonal values..    Yes, I know this is important but not sure this is a good shot at it.

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[MaryAnne Long]

Judy,

I love the look of this in tonal value watercolor.  Has a richness to it.  Has a folk art feel to it.  It comforting.

aloha

mea

[dennis]

Hi Judy, you have also captured the essence of tonal painting The center of the doors have some lines that are out of perspective.
I'm just wondering why, all of a sudden the clouds are turning into mountains?

[Val]

I'm just wondering why, all of a sudden the clouds are turning into mountains?

  Odd that....must admit though, they do look rather nice! 

[Sacgal/Sharon]

Annie - I love your tonal painting and your "cloud mountains" are excellent!! You can't stop doing WCs now!   

Judy - well done on your first tonal painting! It has a "Little House on the Prairie" feeling to it! 

[Annie.]

Sorry, Dennis I modified your lesson.   This was a great lesson.  I will try to do quick tonal painting exercises periodically.  I appreciate now the importance of developing a good eye for tonal range.

Mountains:  It is just that I could not paint clouds yet, and my clouds looked more like mountains to me.     I am painting with my friend Judy, hence why hers are also mountains!  I am sure we will have a lesson later on sky and clouds.

We are trying to behave better with the next painting   

[Annie.]

Thank you Val, Sharon, and Mea... you are so encouraging to me.

[dennis]

You are forgiven, Annie I really like those "mountains" excellent tonal ranges

[Kathysutterlin]

  This was a tough lesson. I certainly learned a lot but I feel I have a lot of room to improve on this. Mixing the color was challenging as well as finding the correct tonal ranges. I welcome observations and suggestions. 

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