Carolyn Vienneau
Pictou's Master of Colour
Carolyn Vienneau
Pictou's Master of Colour
Tips and Tricks
twilight_tranquility
  1. A painting is composed of subject , tone, Colour
  2. Composition and Application of paint, Any Two of these can carry the work.
  3. No line crosses the main composition swing.
  4. Two objects create a diagonal; have to be reversed .
  5. Many objects? Create a sculptural unit.
  6. The point from which you start visually
  7. What is in-is out-what is up-is down
  8. A dot within a dot
  9. One-third vertical, one-third horizontal
  10. A series of objects or linking through ears plus high, low dark – white on white, black on black, white on black, black on white.
  11. Large medium and small ( objects, lights, darks and brush strokes thick and thin)
  12. Exaggerate light in the distance Reddish or cobalt blue
  13. Ninety percent cool 10% warm or opposite.
  14. Angle; reverse-angle
  15. Don’t drop at the edge
  16. The cat needs a tail object within the C
  17. Ocean, horizon, and buildings are done with a ruler
  18. Each colour has its composition
  19. Three steps back-interlocking ovals are steps
  20. In the landscapes, Flowers and trees grow in families.
  21. Clean to the edge
  22. Major focus on one of the 3 steps back
  23. Opposites- thick thin- line versus mass, impasto overglaze
  24. A place to play, a place to rest (a string of Pearls)
  25. Fine lines and dots of staccatos- I care
  26. Every line hits every other line at right angles even on the edges
  27. A line loves another line (different lengths and widths)
  28. An object or person facing right is placed on left, and vice versa
  29. Colour – base colour or glaze, mother colour
  30. Grey, Black and white are all used
  31. The visual line is a composition line
  32. Work fast and make mistakes… premix palette
  33. Brush strokes at right angles to the line
  34. Anything growing is done in a vertical stroke
  35. Points of Tension
  36. Points of staccato Black and white
  37. Vary brush strokes and colour
  38. Limited white
  39. Golden mean
  40. Don’t cut off the corner- Don’t drop at the edge
  41. Great art is a specific moment in time
  42. No fences or blocked passageways.
  43. No unbroken horizon or vertical
  44. No, u shapes in a landscape
  45. Roads and ponds are painted as interlocking ovals