Terrie Lombardi Workshop Notes

What does a judge look for in a painting?

• “Composition” – stay out of the center
• “Shapes” – shapes are unique and different
• “Lines”  – lead you through a painting
• “Edges”  – hard to soft; soft edges around the outside and harder in the interior and at the focal point
• “Color”  – one color dominates, use an analogous color wheel
• “Values”  – light to dark, enhance the focal point
• “Texture”  – use tools in a variety of expressive ways to create texture

Order of a painting

• Stay out of the center – mark the center of your canvas and the center of each edge as a reminder
• What shapes – big to small
• Values – light to dark
• Colors – what is your mother or dominate color that you can satellite out from