ALL ABOUT COLOR WITH MELISSA CHANDON (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning)
Color is a vital tool in the artist’s repertoire, and when utilized well can elevate a work to something timeless. In this Master Class, painter Melissa Chandon breaks down her approach not only to color, but to her art making as a whole.
What you’ll learn in this video:
• Color is a real science and plays a role in the communication of your painting.
• There has to be a relationship between colors, or they will look jarring and not harmonious.
• Melissa begins her paintings with Cadmium red, causing what’s to follow to be really vibrant
• Working from photographic reference, she designs her paintings, drawing in with charcoal, and then blocks in what will be light and dark with her basic palette.
• She is very process oriented. Something only becomes intuitive after you’ve done in a thousand times.
• A painting is done when it looks good far from far away, up close, and when the entire painting vibrates and hums.
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