Morning Fog by Kirk Witmer
Morning Fog
I titled this "Morning Fog" but as you can see it doesn't have anything to do with needing a second cup of coffee. The effort here was to convey a mood without the use of color, but instead only using values. The first step in this procedure was to create what I call "eco-gray". I do that by taking all the leftover paint on my palette from the last painting I did and mixing it until it's a uniform shade all the way through. Depending on what the last painting was, the gray may be tinted differently in each batch, so if it's too far from neutral, I'll add a touch of whatever's on the opposite side of the color wheel to pull it back toward neutral, then mix until well blended.
From there, I pulled out some white and black and started mixing a series of values. For this one I found I needed almost no black.
From there, I pulled out some white and black and started mixing a series of values. For this one I found I needed almost no black.
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Artist Statement
for Kirk Witmer
for Kirk Witmer
CONFESSIONS OF A PIL JUNKIE
After a year and a half of being involved with PIL I came to realize that I will have to limit the amount of time I give to the site. I've been spending so much time with the social aspects of PIL that it is keeping me from being productive as an artist. I'll continue to share some of my work here and will read comments from time to time, but I recognize that I must greatly limit the time I can afford for the interactive aspects of the site. I'm sorry about making this very difficult decision but I'm feeling a great need to keep my hands off the keyboard and the mouse and instead fill them with brushes and pencils.
I wish all of you reading this the very best in your artistic endeavours and I will be watching...
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Congratz Kirk
Dimitra
as it produces atmosphere, and as it tends to collect the impurities,(smoke, dust) it does rise and drift, around the structures, for a reason,like the mist as seen rising above the rivers towards the sea. These experiences make colour theory practice! Well done, Kirk! Regards Angela Susan
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so i am going to try to absorb what you said.
i have the morning fog...(brain problem) tho..
lol