Mastering Value and Color

Sadie designed this series of oil painting exercises as an introduction to Indirect Method painting, in which many thin layers of paint are built up with small soft brushes on smooth wood panel to create detailed paintings of stunning realism. The instruction includes nuanced color theory, form modeling techniques, and edge control exercises that are beneficial to all painting methods.

1. Paint the Value Sphere Part I
2. Paint Value and Edges – Bullseye
3. Paint the Value Sphere Part II
4. Paint a Single Brown Egg