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Celeste McCall · 01-05-2004, 11:31 PM

Thanks Michele,
I'm glad to know that it's not necessarily something that we have to follow strictly in order to have beautiful paintings.

I knew that I liked this type of color crossing such as in Chris Saper's work (I would post her painting here but I'm not sure if that is allowed).

http://www.chrissaper.com/daisies.htm

So this would be concerning where she put the flower color in the dress and the blue dress color in the backgound. But I was not sure if this is just something that is required or just something that certain artists do to create more color unity.

I've always done this myself as per my teacher's peanut butter and chocolate instructions of long ago. I just wondered if others did this on purpose as well.

I really like it, but maybe I like it because I was taught that it was good to paint that way. But it does appear to create more unity.

01-05-2004, 11:31 PM	#4
Celeste McCall Juried Member FT Professional PA Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Southlake, TX Posts: 162	Thanks Michele, I'm glad to know that it's not necessarily something that we have to follow strictly in order to have beautiful paintings. I knew that I liked this type of color crossing such as in Chris Saper's work (I would post her painting here but I'm not sure if that is allowed). http://www.chrissaper.com/daisies.htm So this would be concerning where she put the flower color in the dress and the blue dress color in the backgound. But I was not sure if this is just something that is required or just something that certain artists do to create more color unity. I've always done this myself as per my teacher's peanut butter and chocolate instructions of long ago. I just wondered if others did this on purpose as well. I really like it, but maybe I like it because I was taught that it was good to paint that way. But it does appear to create more unity.