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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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10 Things…10 Days to a Breakout Painting


Gregory Manchess

November 27, 2024 -     Nearly every artist has a breakout painting that establishes their direction. A signature piece that people point to and say, “I like their style (approach, voice, etc)” It’s an image that pulls all their experience and skills together at one point and establishes a direction. It’s a breakout piece, and they can happen all along the way. It may not happen right away. It may take years, even a decade, before that one painting comes alive before you. You might not even know you’re working on it at the time, and it might be one of those pieces that comes out after a hard slog on a previous piece. One thing is sure: you have to work for it. They don’t appear magically. Oh, it may feel like that when you achieve it,…

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