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Here on This Spot The Paleo-Indian Painting Watercolor on Paper
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ate mastodon, chipped stones into tools, then moved on, leaving charred wood, animal bones, and broken stones.
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| Comments This painting was a bit of a challenge...painting severe light sources like this is difficult normally--in watercolor those difficulties are compounded by the effort it takes to get dark values in the medium. It's really impossible to paint a light source "into" a painting. Our eyes are so uniquely sensitive, there is no way to simulate the effect in paint. The best you can do is to skew the values a bit--painting all the light values slightly darker than they should be--to allow your "light source" to be significantly brighter by comparison. One little thing some readers may notice, is the moon is a "preview" for the following spread, hinting at what is coming next. Also on this page, alongside the Indians, is the ashes pencil drawing. |
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