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Hansa yellow light • Pyrrole Red • Quinacridone Magenta • Dioxizine Purple •  Ultramarine Blue •  Cyan Blue •  Pthalo green •  Raw Sienna • Burnt Umber •  Titanium White

Why we have 2 primary blues. Wait... what?

Have you ever wondered why there are two hot primaries and only one cold, but there are two cold secondaries and only one hot. Weirdness! Well read on for enlightenment on these and other color [...]

Digital art programs 1: Photoshop vs. Painter-quick comparison

A student asked yesterday which of these programs was best for doing color on the computer. It’s not an easy answer, but my short version was, “…depends”.

Both are somewhat difficult to learn and both are expensive. Although Photoshop (PS) has a light version that is far more affordable than the full professional version. Note that [...]

Fail! Not possible.

There are no mistakes in art. You cannot fail. You cannot waste your time or effort. I will go so far as to say that if you are not making art that is bound for the trashcan, then you are not a real [...]

Best Art Tips

There is an endless stream of creativity in an artist (you). If a work is a “learner”, then rejoice, learn, and begin the next one.

Don’t always clean out your brush. That bit that’s left when you just wipe it off can make your next color relate to the painting.better.

The brush is a dancer on your [...]

Clevernesses

Here’s a place to put the most profound, or absurd, tweets from my archives. You can add more of your own in the comments, and so will I. The first 3 winners are…

1. Amazing talent w/out passion finds little purpose, but passion with only a little talent can find amazing purpose.

2. Watercolor is like a [...]

You can’t paint if you don’t have paint.

Sounds like I’m not very bright this morning, eh? Well, I’m not talking about buying paint, I’m talking about having it out of your tubes, and sitting there on your palette. Every single time you run out of a color in your “ingredients” dabs, which is the tube color, (see recent post, “too much color…”), [...]

Too much color in them there tubes.

This is a continuation of sorts, from my last For the Artist post, “too many tubes of paint”, which was on November 26th. Today’s info will still make all kinds of sense if you don’t read the first one, but you will be oh so much smarter if you do.

So, now that you have a [...]

Too many tubes of paint.

Here is a simple starting layout on a disposable paper palette pad

One of my favorite tube colors is Permanent Green. I enjoy seeing it on my palette because it’s so rich. But I don’t buy it anymore. It is made with more than one pigment, and is not as useful as a tube that [...]

What to paint today?

Whenever I’m looking for something to paint, I sometimes get lost in it. There are so many things to be inspired by, that it is hard to find the one thing that is extra special.

I have this same problem when using the remote. 600 channels?! What if I miss something really great while I’m watching [...]

Pear color/More yellow as ligh…

Pear color/More yellow as lighter/bit o green on left side in shade/look down/all red is reflection from my hand! http://yfrog.com/4ecslj

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