Exhibit and more Terry Miura Tips

The Keller Williams building is a beautiful space. I met some really interesting and positive people, was well supported by family and friends and even made my way home without getting lost! Thank you to ACT ,
Keller Williams Rivertown,   Bransco Properties,Bransco properties,  The Gordon Group The Gordon Group, Transnation Title Agency of Michigan,www.transmi.com ,  Bella Leon LLC, West Michigan Caterer, www.westmichigancaterer.com (they make the best cornbread I've ever had), and Americas Preferred Home Warranty , Inc   aphw.org.  In addition to what has been on display I also had available art cards and two paintings that had been in the Mary Free Bed exhibit.

This Clouds and Field #2

Waiting-Gondolas both are 11x14's selling for $250
All paintings will still be at Keller Williams RiverTown until noon on Oct 26, 2015
Now what you've all been waiting for -more of Terry's Tips: This is short and on toning your canvas. My comments/explanations are in parantheses.
Reasons  to tone a canvas:
1 To kill the starkness-many painters also use a glass palette over a midtone grey paper (terry does) to help judge value better ( and with a toned canvas that can only make it easier ).
2. The toned surface will come through and help  harmonize( if it is not a complementary color to the main color in your painting).
3. Mid tone greys are often used-cool or warm (depending on what you want to achieve) or Transparent Oxide Red.( for a mostly brown painting-remember most tonal paintings are in values of grey or brown)
4, Don't use a complementary tone for the background, because it will then come forward, only the foreground. (Unless for some reason you WANT your background to come forward and not the foreground)
When using the complementary undertone it will make the foreground vibrate (think Christmas-if you had a red undertone and painted green over most of it with smallish areas of red showing about the green-it would vibrate)
5. High key paintings are not toned-you want the white canvas to brighten the painted surface-to reflect light through the transparent layers.
6. Tonal paintings can have toned surfaces and the tone is usually darker than the painted layers. If you're doing a  painting with lots of sky , it's better to tone only the lower part(the land).
Next Time I will write on Terry's color Tips. And the post will be on time !