Study in red.  Maybe not so much variation in color here but still working on it.  Enjoying the letters, don't use that very often.

Color Wheel with found items other than paint

Okay this was way fun.  This is a 12x12.  I explained in class that I had a difficult time  transitioning  into and out of my yellow.  My red orange is not in the right place and I question its color.  Jane's response was that she agreed with me and as long I understood it I got the lesson.  GOT IT!!!!  I am now working on color collage and with post again in a few days..

Sketchbook Practice & Unlocking the Secrets of Color with Jane Davies

Closed grid ( I love this guy )

Open grid ( love this guys too )

The next three are reassembling the grid.  I found this very addictive.  The last one is a way knock off of Jane's.  Sometimes I just needed a little jumping off point and I got it here.

So now we enter the world of UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF COLOR.  I am one week into this class and feel like I have just found the jewell of art "PAINT."  Of my gosh I can't believe what I have been able to do with 5-6 bottles of paint and we haven't even gotten to white and black yet.  I just love this class and feel like I have finally got a better grip as to why things look the way they do.  When I did the wheel I thought okay the wheel, hold on Johnnie, I was in for a real surprise.  I am happy where i am right now.  IN THE PAINT ;-) In this piece I understand  that I have 2 areas with low contrast but its okay I understand!! How cool it that???