Comments on: Elizabeth Tolley Demonstration Painting

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:08:04 +0000

I discovered Cadmium Yellow Deep with this painting. I love the intensity of the color and ended up putting this one up on my wall. Thanks for the kind feedback!

By: gwen

gwen — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:45:11 +0000

Gorgeous colors and style. The predominate golds make it all the better.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:16:37 +0000

Thanks Randy. Glad you are back by the way. I have been waiting to see how your field trip went this week. One thing I also found helpful from the Tolley exercise was to go back after applying the transparent washes and take a lint-free cloth with water (I use Aqua Oils) and wipe back the lightest areas with my finger to really pop the highlights. This really helped me see where the highlights would have the most impact in the piece. Thanks for joining by the way!

By: Randy Saffle

Randy Saffle — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:35:12 +0000

Great job Lee. I bought the same book and I’m drawn to her painting style. Using the transparent colors and building up really makes the painting glow.
Thanks for mentioning it, I will dig it back out this weekend.