The Color of Light: An Artist's Blog

As I continue to grow as an artist I find one of the most important components in a painting that determines its success or failure is how strong the values are. 

I find I work farther and farther away from the easel these days in order to decipher a clear value map. I only step forward to make marks after evaluating where it needs to be placed - walking forward to make the mark, then stepping back again.

This was a fun painting of some flowers on my deck. It came together fairly quickly and is a great example of using a clear value map within a piece to create something vibrant, bold, and loose.