Sue Archer: Commanding ColorLearn the concepts Sue Archer NWS AWS TWSA employs to realize the bright, clean colors and strong light that define her work. Sue breaks down her analytical painting process and explains the tools she uses with a series of lessons on pigment quality, design principals, and color theory. You'll learn to control value and contrast, harness the powerful white of your paper, design negative space, and energize your subjects with complementary colors. The

the trees have to be right or it can throw the whole painting off — the proportion

Welcome to this workshop as we explore recognizing shapes in a portrait composition

●       How starting with a foreground shape creates perfect proportions for your entire painting — and why starting with distant elements can ruin your composition…

Marcia will help you gain that freedom

renowned member of the premier group the Plein-Air Painters of America

inks and all sorts of collage media

How to observe color harmonies in the composition…

How the molecular differences between different types of paint affect your final painting (this one thing explains the challenges so many amateur painters face)

The Crinkle Paper Technique

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and Asher B

Why breaking away from the confines of a photograph is necessary