Well, I didn’t come up with a 4th of July cartoon for you; instead this popped into my head.
Artists say the darndest things, don’t they? Especially when it comes to color.
I’m just as bad as anyone—how do you REALLY explain the variations between colors, without using other colors in your explanation?
Simple answer: you can’t. : )
Understanding the color wheel and using color theory in your artwork is a good idea for any artist, and especially for oil painters. In this article I'll go through the basics of color theory (using a traditional artist's color wheel) and explain ways that oil painters and other artists can m. . . read more
Bloggers are a diverse bunch, aren’t they? And art blogs are no different—you never know exactly what you’ll get when you visit an art blog for the first time. That’s why I think it’s always worth mentioning the people online who contribute to the world of art day in and day out. And that's wh. . . read more
By Paula Lee, permanent contributing writer for EmptyEasel.com. Welcome to the second installment of Empty Easel’s beginning drawing lessons. In today's tutorial I'm going to expand on the series of drawing exercises that I posted last week—so grab a piece of paper and a pencil and get ready t. . . read more
Pink isn’t a primary, secondary, or tertiary color; instead it’s a tint of red, and doesn’t appear on the artist’s color wheel . Some pinks are highly saturated colors, drawing equally from magenta as well as red. What the color pink means to us psychologically: Pink is an energetic color wit. . . read more
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