This entry was originally posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Josef
Albers is an artist and educator known for his abstract paintings and color
theory.
He
is also the author of the Interaction of Color.
His
studies are fascinating and are what every artist needs to know about color.
Because
all color is relative.
Even
though this video was made by a dental school, it explains Albers work and
theories very well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDliuSqCEhw
This entry was originally posted on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Painting is drawing with color.
This entry was originally posted on Friday, September 28, 2012
What does a sound look like?
Isolate a familiar sound (rain, wind, a bell) and try to paint
what it sounds like.
What color would it be? What shape would it take?
This is a fun exercise and heightens your awareness of the
connection between the auditory and the visual.
This entry was originally posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Once
you have figured out a color chord that you like, it is best to try to figure
it out.
I
like to use a scrap piece of watercolor paper to do this.
Then
I mix up all different color concoctions to match the colors in my color chord.
When
doing this, make sure you label how you get those colors though.
Because if you are like me, you will forget.
As
you can see, I use different abbreviations for my color combinations.
CR
is Cadmium Red; AC is Alizarin Crimson, and so on and so forth.
This
is extremely helpful to have if you are working on more than one painting.
This entry was originally posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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In
yesterday's post, I talked about how color affects mood.
It
is by changing the color in your painting, you can change the mood.
Another
exercise to try in painting is the use of what I like to call "color
chords".
This
is the use of colors that work well together.
Instead
of using the colors that occur in your photo, try a color chord.
These
color chords can be found anywhere;
a
piece of fabric, a photograph from a magazine, even another painting.
Once
you decide on the color chord and mood you want to express, try to paint in
those colors.
For instance, in my painting, Chinatown,
The blue sky also affected the windows.
Instead of going with those original colors, I found a painting with these
colors instead.
I feel like it creates a better mood for the painting.
This entry was originally posted on Monday, August 20, 2012
We
all know that color affects mood but have you considered using that notion in a
painting?
Instead
of painting what you see in a photograph, try some other colors instead.
For
instance, in the above painting of The
Old Shed, the original photo had some beautiful green lush grass and
foliage around it.
Instead,
I painted it with ochres and browns.
Now
the painting has a feeling that it has been a long summer and the end is near.
This entry was originally posted on Thursday, May 10, 2012
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Greyscale Reference Photo |
Too
often we get caught up in trying to reproduce the color that we see in our
photograph.
The
color that we see is not as important as the value.
You
can paint your subject any color if you are getting your values correct.
This entry was originally posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
When I teach pouring watercolor classes, I always have a couple
of students hold up their paint pots to me and ask,
"Is this the right color?"
What they are really asking is
"Is this the right value?"
It is difficult to tell what value a color is just by looking at
it mixed up in your little container.
The only way to know if you have the right value is to test it on a scrap piece of watercolor paper.
Too dark, add more water.
