If you are new to Art, you are about to embark on a life long journey of discovery.
You will start to see things in an entirely different way. Everything you look at will have colours you would never have believed were in them. A sky for example, that you thought was blue with white clouds, will take you through a rainbow of nuances, from greys to yellows to
violets. You will wonder how you never saw these colours before. It is as if a switch has been flicked and you have a new set of eyes! These are your painter's eyes. It will change your way of looking at things forever. Looking at a simple sky, for example, becomes really exciting!
Skies can vary depending on the mood of the day. The most uninteresting sky will be that of a perfect day, where the whole sky is one colour. The more interesting skies will have a mixture of three or four colours. The trick is to get the right amount of each colour mixed, and that can only come with practice. So the more you paint, the quicker you will learn about colour.
To paint from life is best and it is where you learn the most. When you are staring at the sky and trying to match the colours, it is much easier than painting from a photograph, which is dull and uninteresting. Painting from life will enliven you and you will have a rapport with your subject.
The mood will grab you and enhance your painting more than you can ever imagine.
It will at times be challenging as the changing light happens fast, but that is where you learn the most, from Nature itself. It is our teacher in many ways and especially in painting.
"Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete". - Chanda Kochhar
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