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Mike McCarty · 11-27-2002, 01:58 PM

Hi Enzie,

If the painting is dry you should be able to experiment with glazing some darker values into the shaded areas.

You may be too focused on what you perceive to be a problem. When you restate the darker value to a shaded area, don't step back and focus only on what you have just done. Step back and look at the whole painting with a very general gaze.

Also, in this regard, if you just pick a single spot and created a darker value, you will have possibly changed the overall value scheme. What you have done may have been completely right but until you follow through on other areas it may look wrong.

I think your painting could use some of these darker values. I too struggle with this.

11-27-2002, 01:58 PM	#7
Mike McCarty PHOTOGRAPHY MODERATOR SOG Member '03 Finalist Taos SOPA '03 HonMen SoCal ASOPA '03 Finalist SoCal ASOPA '04 Finalist Taos SOPA Joined: Dec 2001 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 2,674	Hi Enzie, If the painting is dry you should be able to experiment with glazing some darker values into the shaded areas. You may be too focused on what you perceive to be a problem. When you restate the darker value to a shaded area, don't step back and focus only on what you have just done. Step back and look at the whole painting with a very general gaze. Also, in this regard, if you just pick a single spot and created a darker value, you will have possibly changed the overall value scheme. What you have done may have been completely right but until you follow through on other areas it may look wrong. I think your painting could use some of these darker values. I too struggle with this. __________________ Mike McCarty