{"id":2128,"date":"2015-01-27T21:37:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T21:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooleystudios.com\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2016-01-01T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T16:37:31","slug":"a-few-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooleystudios.com\/a-few-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2176\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2176\" class=\"wp-image-2176 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cooleystudios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BrockenEggs_01.jpg\" alt=\"Michael A. Cooley, Broken Eggs, 2014, Oil. This is a painting demo I used when training one of my students to oil paint. It is a master copy after Hellen Van Wyk.\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooleystudios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BrockenEggs_01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cooleystudios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BrockenEggs_01-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael A. Cooley, Broken Eggs – Mastercopy after Helen Van Wyk , 2014, Oil.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This painting, Broken Eggs was a class demonstration. I was teaching a student how to make an underpainting. Initially, we made a block-in drawing and transferred the drawing to a sheet of canvas. Once the drawing was transferred to the canvas sheet, I sealed it\u00a0and made an imprimatura using raw umber cut with\u00a0gamsol. While\u00a0the imprimatura was drying, I mixed my palette, consisting\u00a0of a monochromatic string of 10 values from raw umber a 1 value to titanium white a 10 value. If I were to use black, it would be a value zero, but I always add a bit of raw umber to ivory black to control the blue which is in black. Once my imprimatura was dry and my palette set, I began building the painting in step by step stages. In the same manner\u00a0Marvin Mattelson taught me, I want my students to see step by step how one constructs a painting. The resource I used was a painting by Helen Van Wyk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2178\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2178\" class=\"wp-image-2178 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cooleystudios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PepperOrange_01.jpg\" alt=\"Michael A. Cooley, Pepper and orange, 2014, Oil. This is a still life painting I didnt to encourage my self to paint something each week.\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooleystudios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PepperOrange_01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cooleystudios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PepperOrange_01-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael A. Cooley, Pepper and orange, 2014, Oil.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This painting, Pepper and Orange was a personal exercise I did so I can begin painting on a weekly or regular basis. I set up the arrangement in a shadow box in my studio, controlled the lighting and made my observations. I set up my palette in strings of color they way I was taught by Marvin Mattelson and used my value string to control the chroma. Once my palette was set, I began building my still life painting in the classical method I learned at the easel of Mattelson.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time,<br \/>\n<em>Michael<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This painting, Broken Eggs was a class demonstration. I was teaching a student how to make an underpainting. Initially, we made a block-in drawing and transferred the drawing to a sheet of canvas. 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