Two Black and White Paintings

On Friday I talked about wanting to try painting in black and white.  And so I did!

Here are the two pieces I made:

Working in black and white was really intimidating at first.  I tend to use extremes of color -- bright white and deep dark black.  I'm not a mid-tone person.  But, once I stopped fighting it, I really started to get into the subtlety of tone.  I used black and white paint (and mixed them together) along with black and white pens and markers and pencils.


I think the first piece is somewhat more successful than the bottom piece, but I learned a lot in the process of making them.  I'm think I'm going to keep experimenting with this idea for a while.  It feels like exercise.  I like that.

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