Tuesday deCordova and wed. New Art Center.
There is no class mon. the 16th (MLK national holiday).
Keeping with the black, white and gray concept consider Whister's painting of his mother that he called "Composition in Black and Gray"and the beautiful use of flesh tone in the face and hands as the only use of warm color.
This 1871 masterpiece shows how dramatic limited color use can be. Cy Twombly also uses limited color in most of his (but not all) of his work. The old Bauhaus saw "All emphasis is no emphasis" really holds true in this instance.
This week try a more figurative black, white and shades of gray painting using a small amount of color as a focal center. See you next week, john.
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