Changing Values … Changes Shapes The importance of choosing the value of a shape can’t be ignored. Color is both seductive and deceptive. Being aware that even slight alterations of value can either diminish or strengthen the mood of a painting could make the difference between creating a painting that expresses your experience … or …
Painting by color value does not always need to result in high contrast paintings. Though there are extreme darks and a few strong lights, the overall feeling of the painting is more of a mid range contrast of values. The leaves don’t contrast strongly against the background. When violets are part of the adjacent colors, …
My pressed clipping from a Red Tip Photinia long ago lost it’s brilliant color. The last couple of days I have painted samples of Color Value Painting, choosing hue according to its intrinsic value at full saturation rather than choosing hue according to the color of the object I am painting. I want to show …
Continuing with example of painting by color value rather than color hue … After trying a few color value paintings, you might notice that paintings created by color value often fall into standard color schemes. Though it may appear that painting by color value is too limited, I find the possibilities to be infinite and …
To read the history of this Craftsman Electric Hair Clipper, read today’s post on Third Time Around. One method of painting by color value is to use full intensity colors, choosing the hue based on its intrinsic value at full intensity. This is not a perfect color value scale. The blue and the green were …
The Game is about making choices and becoming aware that choices must be made whether you like it or not. Embracing and accepting the truth behind that statement is far easier if it is presented in the form of play. Taking responsibility for making choices is far more fun when playing than when working. Learning …