December 28, 2011 by dignity
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Romain continues his epic tutorial on colour theory.
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This book is a good help for color mixing:
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So a diorama of cowboys around a camp fire. You could paint most of them in dark colours, have the fire bright and the front under parts where the fires light hits the cowboys bright, close to white. Is that how it works?
Yes, it’s chiaroscuro…
You’d probably use yellowish and reddish hues, not white… The fire isn’t that bright, and it’s a warm light. The cow-boys would also be lit by starlight and moonlight, which is usually rather blue and cold.
I’ve told you a bit about harmony, and I’ll tell you about color temperature in part 6… That’ll be useful.
BoW Romain
Thank you, your videos on colour has helped me to rethink and look at what I’m painting in a more stable manner. What I mean is I’m going to make choices intentional not just out of a feeling that this will work. Over all most of us will be able to put this into practice with good results. At least thats what I believe 🙂
Great series Romain, thanks for sharing.
The human eye is mostly attracted to yellow, so i often paint something yellow if i need to draw attention to or away from 😉
True… But red is a more alarming color to the human instincts, so you get equally good results with a vivid red !
BoW Romain
What is the best way to tell if a paint is an actual change of hue, as opposed to a change of value / saturation? For example, the Scab Red, Red Gore, and Blood Red series of Reds in GW’s range. A change of hue seems to be the result of adding pure analogous colors or complimentary colors, rather than adding grey or white. Are the GW foundation paints essentially desaturations of their color paints, whereas their color paints are closer to perfect Hues? Reds in particular are tricky as they go pink when you add white which never seems… Read more »
Regarding GW foundation paints, I think you’re tackling this the wrong way… Whatever tone each one of them is, the difference between them and the “main” range or the washes isn’t saturation. Some may be saturated, some may be desaturated. Some may be brighter, some may be darker. I don’t think they all have a “normal” equivalent… The difference is the type of pigment used, and the paint’s coverage. It’s another type fo paint, that’s all. Depending on the highlight you need for reds, you can highlight with a lot of things… I’ve had good results with ivory, because it’s… Read more »