Tonal study of Pear

Tonal Pear/ oil on gessobord/ 6" x 6"/ 

My class was studying tone (value) and we painted pears.  We used Gamblin Asphaltum as our brown plus black and titanium white.
In addition to great tonal range, this particular color also provides some color temperature shifts to add to the dimensionality.

GamblinColors. com describes this color as a transparent brownish-black. its pigment: transparent mars red and bone black.

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