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The Painting Lesson

by Linda Carson

big black pig studio
98 King St. N., Waterloo Ontario Canada
www.bigblackpig.com


Push & Pull

When artists evaluate their work in progress, they often decide that some part of the image needs to be emphasized more, or perhaps less. They use a variety of strategies to either "pull" that part forward visually for greater emphasis(such as paint it warmer, or more saturated), or to "push" it back more deeply into the pictorial space for less emphasis (such as paint it cooler or less saturated).

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