The foundation to any great painting is a charcoal value study. I learned this through my current watercolor class, and the study is proving to be a nice challenge and time very well spent for refreshing my drawing skills. What is a value study? It's the placement of light and dark in relation to each other. It's a map. It takes the guesswork out of composition and color. Here are a three of my recent sketches - the challenge is to work through them in less than 10 minutes so that I can get started on the painting. This is no small feat! I'll be practicing this art for a while but enjoying every minute of it. - l.o.d.
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