FUNDAMENTAL PHASES OF

NATURALIST PAINTING

These phases do not have to be completed in this order!

HALL GROAT II | AMERICAN ARTIST

1. Basic Sketch & Major Value Relationships

2. Surrounding Space: Background & Foreground

3. Accents & Cast Shadows Opposite Light Source

4. Front Light of Form

5. Shadow of Form

6. Restate Contour of Form & Primary Planes

7. Secondary Planes

8. Suggest Details

9. Restate Cast Shadows & Accents

10. Reflective Light

11. Background Variation

12. Highlights