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Color Theory / Color Wheel
Ensuring Color Accuracy for Your Digital Photos |
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By Shawn Mulligan So, what color is this? Dark Green? Olive? Teal?
It's not a trick question, but if you haven't calibrated your monitor lately, it could feel like one.
If you think color integrity doesn’t matter much, you might think you can s...Mar-14-2011 18:27 |
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Famous Painters: The Masters
Vincent van Gogh - Post Impressionist Painter. Master's Bio on Flat Art Depot |
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Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th century art for its vivid colors and emotional impact. He suffered from anxiety and increasingly frequent bouts ...Mar-25-2011 13:46 |
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Color Theory / Color Wheel
The ABCs of Art & Meaning of Color |
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Achromatic--lacking color, neutral; gray, white or black Basic palette--based on red, yellow, blue or magenta, yellow cyan primaries Color scheme--a logical relationship of colors on the color wheel Dominance--having larger color area or brighter color for emp...Mar-14-2011 18:19 |
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Famous Painters: The Masters
Edgar Degas - Impressionist Painter. Master's Bio on Flat Art Depot |
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Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the te...Mar-25-2011 13:06 |
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Famous Painters: The Masters
Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Impressionist Painter. Master's Bio on Flat Art Depot |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the fi...Mar-25-2011 13:55 |
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Famous Painters: The Masters
Claude Monet - Impressionist Painter. Master's Bio on Flat Art Depot |
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Claude Monet born Oscar Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926), was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, espec...Mar-25-2011 14:05 |
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Color Theory / Color Wheel
Split-Primary Color Mixing |
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If you learn the split-primary color-mixing system, you'll never make mud again, unless you intend to! It's really quite simple. You use just six colors, including two of each primary hue. The trick is in choosing the right colors and then combining them co...Mar-14-2011 18:23 |
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Color Theory / Color Wheel
Understanding Color Temperature in Color theory |
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It's easy to get confused about color temperature. The only certainty is that color temperature is relative. When you look at the color wheel, you can see there is a warm side with red, orange and yellow and a cool side with green, blue and violet. The warm...Mar-14-2011 18:24 |
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Must Reads
Absolute Beginners to Painting: 10 Commonly Asked Questions |
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1. Do I have to know how to draw before I paint?Traditionally if you were training as an artist you'd spend a year or two learning to draw before you touched paint. The thinking is that you're not distracted by color while still mastering techniques such as ...Mar-14-2011 17:25 |
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Selling & Marketing Your Art
Writing An Artist's Statement |
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The first question is What is an artist's statement? And the second question is Why do you need one? To answer the second question first, perhaps a gallery has requested a statement from you or you're preparing a new brochure or résumé and think such a stat...Mar-14-2011 18:33 |
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