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STAGE 6
STAGE 3 VALUE AND PATTERN ADJUSTING
I’m gradually adding value changes and patterns to the background, and one FOR FOCUS
of the pillows. Notice the movement evolving from the pattern of the carpet, Playing Monopoly
which creates an S-shape, directing your eye around—encompassing the figures. oil, 60 x 48” (152 x 122 cm)
I was debating with myself
at this point as to whether
I had adjusted the values
appropriately. I felt that the
lighter areas of the game board
and the pillow and blankets
that the kids were sitting on
needed to be pushed back and
subdued because they were
demanding too much attention.
The lower pillow needed to be
cooled down (alizarin instead
of orange) and contoured. You
might note that some of the
game pieces (a tiny thimble,
Scotty dog, and iron) are very
realistically rendered with a
very tiny brush in contrast to
the rest of the painting.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
A B O U T TH E A R TI S T
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Kathleen Lack, an award-winning artist and teacher, works s for their model painting sessions. She has also been teaching
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in oils and pastels, specializing in the portrait and the fi gure. “The Portrait & the Figure” class at MarinMOCA for more

in oils and pastels, specializing in the portrait and the figure.
She has garnered numerous family portrait commissions than a decade. Having had the opportunity to observe and
She has garnered numerous family portrait commissions
with up to eight people in a single portrait. As with her
with up to eight people in a single portrait. As with her photograph the dancers of the Marin Ballet, Marin County,
portraits and figurative work, the body language and California, afforded her most of the source material for

environment is informal, and relaxed: kid at the beach, paintings of the ballet after which she self-published a
climbing trees, observing nature—people being book titled Portraits of the Ballet.
themselves. Her work includes paintings of The Ballet; Contact at
a Western series titled Boots, Hats, & Horses; Musicians; www.kathleenlack.com
Figuratives; and this new series View From the Top.
Lack was one of the founding members of the Marin Represented by:
Museum of Contemporary Art (MarinMOCA) in Novato, » Lyonshead Gallery, Carmel Valley, CA, USA
California, continuing in a supporting role as facilitator
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