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Art Quiz: The Answer is Georges Seurat

When I first took this “Art Quiz” online, I didn’t score exceptionally well. I knew a few answers with absolute … More

Color Theory, Georges Seurat, Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism

Pop Go the Pigments

Remember how it was back in high school when you’d come to class and the teacher would “pop” a quiz … More

Color mixing, Color Temperatures, Color Theory, Gamblin

Primary Madness

Color theory — especially color-mixing — can make an artist crazy. At least it’s making this artist crazy, so I now … More

Color mixing, Color Temperatures, Color Theory, Neutral primaries, Primary Colors, Secondary Colors

Splitting Things Up

I’ve had fun lately with colors and acyrlic pouring. You’ve seen a monochromatic pouring I completed recently, and you’ve looked … More

Acrylic pouring, Color Theory, Complementary colors, Primary Colors, Secondary Colors, split complementary colors, Tertiary Colors

A Grab Bag of Colors

I remember well the excitement I felt as an aspiring artist first discovering colors. When I began learning to draw, … More

Color Theory, Picking a palette, Pigments

Johnny One Note

Many, many years ago, Rodgers and Hart wrote the score for Words and Music, a movie experience that told the … More

Color Theory, monochrome

Color My World

While I’ve been doing a lot of “black and white” drawing lately — graphite, charcoal, conte — I’ve also been … More

alizarin crimson, arylide yellow, aureolin, cadmium yellow, cerulean blue, Color Theory, color wheel, Daler Rowney, Koi Field Kit, paints, paynes gray, Pigments, Sakura, Skies, skin tones, specific palettes, Staedtler, Watercolor

True Balance in Art

Lately I’ve been on an artistic frenzy. I’ve created several drawings and paintings that I consider successful, as well as a … More

"Artisting", Art supplies, Art Theory, Balance, balance in art, balance in life, Color Harmony in Your Paintings, Color Theory, composition, Margaret Kessler, Watercolor Artist magazine

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