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Color Theory – Light and Shadow Demonstration On A Light Surface


Ron Lemen

Happy holidays everyone, my last post of the year.  I am going to I did push the shadow a little darker overall but it should still demonstrate how sun and sky influence what we see.  I'm using the stormtrooper like a cast drawing because of its lightness and how easy it is to see the light influence over the local colors.  This involves the fourth characteristic of color, the use of temperature.  Hue, Value, Chroma,…

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Work In Progress


Rovina Cai

December 6, 2024 - I’m currently in a wild end of year deadline crunch working on multiple projects at the same time, so I thought I’d just share some literal progress for one of the things I’m working on! This piece is for a group show at Beinart Gallery next year, and I’m both shocked and delighted at how well it’s going! This is one of those rare (for me) pieces where I could clearly visualise the image before starting, but it’s still proving to be an interesting exploration of various techniques and materials. Over the past couple of years, I’ve been slowly refining my traditional art process, building upon previous experiments with incorporating a digital drawing and using ultra matte medium. This time I'm using the same techniques, but starting on a white background and working from light…

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