Value Exercise | Birgit O'Connor Watercolors

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Atmospheric Landscapes 6-week course

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Meetings March 14 - April 25, 2023

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Section 1 - Getting started

Practice brushstrokes - optional (1:06)
Moving water & color (5:24)
Assignment: Moving Water & Color_ Rainstorm (5:13)
Post your best effort

Section 2 - Clouds & Wind

Grass, Clouds & Wind (6:55)
Soft Colorful Clouds 1 (2:44)
Soft Colorful Clouds 2 (5:42)
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Clouds, edges and values

Looking up - Big Clouds / reference photo
1 Looking Up (12:56)
2 Looking Up (5:47)
3 Looking Up (2:17)
Problem solving (clip from a live meeting) edges of clouds (3:03)
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Apply what you have learned (25:05)

Section 3 - Sunrise, Sunset, Dramatic Clouds

Sunrise - Keep it simple (29:48)
Dramatic Clouds - reference photo
1 Dramatic Clouds (7:00)
2 Dramatic clouds (6:12)
3 Dramatic Clouds (2:38)
4 Dramatic Clouds (6:12)
5 Dramatic Clouds (5:09)
6 Dramatic Clouds (4:19)
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Section 4 - Painting Fog

Fog & Value (8:36)
Valley Fog with Reflection (6:03)
House in the Fog (10:32)
Mountain Mist (10:44)
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Section 5 - Morning Walk

Reference photos _ Morning Walk
1 Morning Walk _ Getting Started (9:00)
2 Morning Walk _ the Mountain (5:05)
3 Morning Walk _ Fog & Trees (2:59)
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Morning Beach walk

Morning Beach walk (32:59)
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Section 6 a. - Before the Storm

Reference Photos _ Before the Storm
1 a Before the Storm Washes of Color - Sweeping Sky (8:46)
1 b Before the Storm washes (4:39)
2 Before the Storm _ Final Details (12:45)
Problem solving - Sweeping dark blue sky (14:46)
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Section 6 b. Golden Fog - American River

Reference photo
American river Sacramento (9:02)
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Bonus _ Beach Sunset

About this section
Your tools
About color changes
1 Beach Sunset Referance Photos
Other reference photos of this subject
2 Beach Sunset First Wash
3 Beach Sunset Second Wash
4 Landscape (7:24) Details
Post your best effort

Bonus _ Commonweal

Value Exercise (5:59)
Referance Material
Reference Photos of Commonweal
1 Commonweal First Layer
2 Commonweal Second Layer
3 Commonweal Final Details
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Using your own photos

Your own photos
Student Reference Photo Getting Started
Student Reference Photo Stormy Sky & Ocean
Student Reference Photo Hill with Shadow
Student Reference Snow Scene (9:14)
Snow on tree (5:03)
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