Color study

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Hi Mike,

Once I emailed Tony Ryder and made a few questions about his way of color study, he then told me about his poster study, he always makes a poster study before painting, he uses a card board or something like that, about 4" x 4".
There's a demo on his website that better illustrates the idea.
I like the poster study idea, recently I received a canvas pad where I'm making these studies.

[Chris Saper]

Color studies are important. In my Scottsdale classes, I combine life drawing, color studies and photo references.

I t hink it is sensible to assume that any and every photo reference will be false, in terms of value, color and edges.

In combining live sittings and photos, little color notes are invaluable. Fundamental are little color notes for the backgroun in light and shadow, clothing in light and shadow, and most importantly, skin tones in both light and shadow.

[Alexandra Tyng]

I couldn't agree with you more, Chris!