Don't let the reference photo dictate your painting - Live Oil Painting Session

What we'll be doing ------------------------------- This week, I'm going to be going back into the rose painting statred last week and working on it some more. But I'm going to go make sure that I don't let the reference photo make my desisions for me. I've got a couple of strategies in mind to keep that from happening, which I'll be demonstrating live. When you're painting from photos, it's VERY easy to let the reference take over and make your decisions for you. It's very easy to end up dissatisfied with the end result. And to wonder why it doesn't really feel like it has any of YOU in it. If you've ever felt that frustration, today is for you. Materials --------------- Surface: I'll be painting on a 12 x 9 ampersand gessobord panel Brushes: I'll be using mostly flats and hogs, but also you kow the spatulas will make an appearance, and perhaps some other paint-manipulating implements. Colours: Lead white - Rublev #1 (titanium will do fine) Cad yellow Bright yellow lake Pyroll magenta Green gold Transparent red oxide Transparent red oxide Phthalo green (I'll be using Winsor green) Raw Umber Ivory black Reference photo -------------------------- https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/wp-... -----------------------------USEFUL LINKS----------------------------- If you're interested in learning with me, you can see the online art school I run here: https://courses.learning-to-see.co.uk... Your first month is only $1 if you use the coupon code school1. After that first month, it reverts to the normal monthly price of $33. The online art school give you access to a bunch of courses, membership in my wonderful (and private) artist's community, live critique calls and a bunch of other stuff. There's no minimum period and you can cancel at any time. The app I use when I'm teaching to investigate the colour is called ChromaMagic. It's a fantastic learning tool. You can find it on the Apple and Google Play stores, and there is also a Windows version. It's very inexpensive and extremely useful! If you struggle at all with judging values and colours, or with mixing, this is a great tool to help you calibrate your eye. You can get the Munsell value scale - which allows you to translate values from the app directly to your painting - from Paul Centore on Ebay here, also very inexpensive: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223003792036 Subscribe to my email list to get notifications of future live streams and other helpful info about painting in oils: https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/sub...