George And The Women

As we were lucky enough to have models, George was able to do his demo with subjects we had all shared. He drew to the figures with water soluble pencil and proceeded to lay in grey tones to develop the value pattern and design. I loved watching him do this as it is so different from the way I work. I constantly find myself lost in Mid-value Land, where the colors bright and intense, mostly seem to live. I know value is probably a better way to design and I am willing to learn intellectually but my artistic self is reluctant.

George established the values with greys and then went back and added color based on that pattern. I have not tried the grey thing; perhaps that is a means for me to learn this lesson.