Exciting new releases to sharpen your skills!
Kathleen HUDSON
Creating Dramatic Atmosphere in Landscapes™
NEW!
Tony PRO
Secrets of Expressive Portraits™ STAGE 4
NEW!
John MACDONALD Creating Dynamic Landscapes ™
This is where things start to get fun (well…the whole process is great, actually)! As we begin to model forms, our portrait really starts to “come to life.” The process of modeling form to describe the feeling of light is a delicate one and has to be done mindfully. When I’m drawing from the model, I never make more than two or three marks without looking up to reference my subject. More marks than this is really just “fiddling” with your drawing and often leads to mistakes that require correction, taking more time and effort than if you’d just worked slowly and intentionally in the first place. My teacher, Tony Ryder, always emphasized the importance of working from dark to light in modeling forms. You can see that the hair and other darker values have been placed first. These darker areas begin to “corral the light” (another Tony-ism) causing the source and quality of the light to become clearer. Resist the urge to work up into places you can tell are in the light as long as you can. If you make too dark of marks here they can be hard to remove later and aren’t helpful in expressing a sense of light and form.
ABOUT THE ARTIST Coulter Prehm has studied art with many of the top contemporary painters of the day though the bulk of his study has been with Tony Ryder who is a dear friend, teacher and mentor. His work has been displayed at galleries across the U.S. and has been featured in numerous publications in the United States, Europe and Canada. Prehm also founded the nonprofit, Renaissance Life, offering free, full-length art tutorial videos and other resources to the public. Prehm resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, Liz. Contact at www.renaissancelifenow.com | www.coulterprehm.com @coltprehm 1-877-867-0324
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