Aaron Holland Fine Arts

General Rules of Painting

1. Paint from warm to cool

2. Paint from thin to thick

3. Paint from lean to fat

4. Paint from dark to light

5. Paint from loose to tight

6. Paint from big to small

7. Use the largest brushes possible

8. Avoid using white as long as possible

Make as many midtones as possible

9. Paint light not objects for as long as possible

10. Use as few colors as possible

11. Daylight scenes have one color of light and one opposite color in all the shadows

12. After a certain point removing paint can be more effective than adding it.

1 3. Cover the surface evenly; don't let a problem area distract you.

14. If the composition doesn't work in monochrome, the addition of color won't help it.

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