Ray chose to paint this morning's demo in the studio. His lesson plan was on, "understanding the importance of values." Ray repeated a quote that he often brings up in his workshops, "anything in shadow is darker than anything in light--that's what gives you form". Ray demonstrated beautifully, on a small canvas board, 3 different versions of a value plan after completing his first value sketch using black and white. Peggi chimed in, "values are like a piano keyboard, you can play all sorts of arrangements and get a multitude of feelings." Ray continued on that same thought, "PAINTING is like (playing a) a piano, you can intellectualize how it all works, but if you don't have the experience doing it, you really don't understand it, ...just as in riding a bike."
Below is the demo Ray did of a value study, an actual color study, a high key study, and a low key study. Pictured below that is his photo reference that was manipulated in photoshop to help him redesign the scene.
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