Being a member of the New Masters Academy is like having a treasure chest of jewels to explore, with new art classes added all the time. The only downside is that I have to assess my own work and be my own teacher since NMA doesn’t offer feedback to the video lessons’ assignments.
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Jana Bouc, Artist 
5 replies on “Color Boot Camp, Part I: Monochrome Portrait Value Studies”
Jana, first of all, kudos – wow, you really hung in there and the results are obvious. Thank you for explaining the process – I’ll be reviewing this more, because as you said, you can get it intellectually, but really nice work! I’ll bet you come away learning a ton!
Joani
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Jana Bouc, Artist wrote:
> Jana Bouc posted: ” Being a member of the New Masters Academy is like > having a treasure chest of jewels to explore, with new art classes added > all the time. The only downside is that I have to assess my own work and be > my own teacher since NMA doesn’t offer feedback to t” >
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Jana, first of all, kudos – wow, you really hung in there and the results are obvious. Thank you for explaining the process – I’ll be reviewing this more, because as you said, you can get it intellectually, but really nice work! I’ll bet you come away learning a ton! Thanks so much for sharing your results!
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Thanks Joani! I got some good advice from another artist and as a result redid the post to include his suggestion of using monochrome versions of the photos to check my work.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 6:05 PM Jana Bouc, Artist wrote:
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Hey, this looks like a great challenge. I may have to try it. I may do the exact same progress you did with two painting from each reference, that’s the best way to learn. It would also be nice to see a comparative of the reference photo in grayscale.
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Thanks Chris!!! You inspired me to redo my blog post and include the monochrome conversions of the reference photos. What a perfect way to check my work and see if it is close to the right values!
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 5:58 AM Jana Bouc, Artist wrote:
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