A monochrome painting, a “monthly member challenge” of the Spokane Watercolor Society meeting is scheduled for January 18th at 10 am at Spokane Art Supply. I love these different monthly challenges because they make me stretch my abilities and try new things. Being able to see and discuss the methods used with other members makes the lessons learned so much better.
Really, this is NOT something I “never” do. I actually love to do a black and white rendering first for almost every painting done in color. It is a natural way for me to see things for lighting. Where are the shadows, and where does the light burn it white. Yep.
In fact, I took a Ron Stocke weekend workshop last year at Spokane Art Supply and absolutely loved it. Ron is a talented professional that I totally admire, and he does amazingly beautiful Plein air work with a full understanding of architectural design. It was fun learning a different system of painting. Ron’s first step is sketching, followed by a monochrome layout study to paint from. It was a great feeling to see a professional like him use monochrome studies the same way I start my projects.
Dale Latinen is another professional artist giving a great local weekend workshop through the Spokane Watercolor Society, Check it out here at Dale Latinen Workshop , April 2-5th, 2020. Places are filling up fast.