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Value
Value- Light and Dark
When creating a piece of art it is important to place your values in the correct places.
Think about where the light is coming from. This will be the lightest value. Your shadow area will be the darkest.
If we look at this photo of an egg under a lamp we can see the value of the egg is darker than the paper it is sitting on. The paper changes value from light to dark because the light is closer to one side. The highlight on the egg is about the same value as the highlight on the paper. The background with no light is the darkest value. The shadow on the paper casted by the egg and the shadow on the egg are the second darkest value.
Color Saturation
Saturation- How bright or dull a color is.
Old Masters such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt worked with a desaturated pallet because the paints they had only came in those colors. It's up to you how you want to work. Or you can work with a desaturated pallet and choose one color to be saturated. This will bring the focus to that part of your painting.
Desaturated Saturated
Colors Analogous Colors
Analogous Colors
These are colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
These combinations can create a nice harmony in your painting.
Colors Complimentary Colors
Complimentary Colors
Complimentary Colors are colors that are across from each other on the color wheel.
Yellow - Purple
Blue - Orange
Red - Green
When these colors are next to each other they appear brighter. When these colors are mixed together they become dull.
Colors Monochromatic
Monochromatic= one color
Mono= one
Chromatic= color
You can create a painting using only one color and black and white.
Using one color + black & white can give your painting a lot of depth.
Color- Warm and cool
Colors can be described as warm and cool.
Simply
Warm Colors- RED, ORANGE, YELLOW
Cool Colors- Purple, BLUE, GREEN
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