Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Week 6

Color and Light Chapter 4: Elements of Color
The Munsell system is a different version of the color wheel with 10 separations. making it more equal.

RGB color is the primary colors of light as opposed to pigment.
Yurmby Wheel  is universal color wheel.

Chroma and value
Different colors have different peak chroma values. 
local color: the color of the surface of an object as it appears close up in white light
Greys and Neutrals: opposite of intense colors, actually make bright colors look brighter when used together.

Green Problem: Make green from blue and yellow pigments and get rid of your greens. Avoid monotony vary the mixutres from tree to tree or leaf to leaf. Smuggling reds. Prime the canvas with pinks or reds so they show through here and there to enliven the greens

Gradation: Colors that transition from each other smoothly.
Adding white to a color makes a tint

Chapter 2: Sources of Light

Direct Sunlight: The sun, the blue sky, and the reflected light from the ground

Overcast Light:Color appear purer here and the constrast isn't extremely high

Window light: This simplifies the shadow work

Candle light and Firelight: They act different depending on if the sun is up or not and be sure to remember the fall off depending on how bright the sources are. Yellow orange color usually.

Indoor Electric Light:
Incandescent and Fluorescent: Relative brightness, hardness or softness, and color cast.
Hard light is more directional and dramatic. Softlight emanates from a wider area. Incandesent lights are strongest in orange and red wavelenghts. Meaning reds look good and blues look dead.

Streetlights and Night Conditions:
Moonlight: bluegrey colors and orange flame based light.

Luminescence:
Colors gradate from one hue to another
Add the glowing effects of luminesence last to a painting.

Hidden Light Sources:
This can make a painting more dynamic if it isn't obvious where the source is in the painting.

Tuesday Tips:
Stylizing an object, sketch it out a ton but paint from your study not from life.
Making a series from a painting, make thumbnails based on painting, see how the thumbnails look together. make a color comp using only colors from the painting. Finish them.

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