What's Relative?
Authored by Lisa Larrabee. Value is relative. Temperature is relative. Color is relative. There is that…
Authored by Lisa Larrabee. Value is relative. Temperature is relative. Color is relative. There is that…
Authored by Lisa Larrabee. Charcoal is both bold and forgiving. You can blend and smudge charcoal or sharpe…
Authored by Lisa Larrabee. Graphite is a staple for any artist. It can be used for a variety of purposes, …
Authored by Lisa Larrabee. Value does all the work, but color gets all the credit . That phrase gets thr…
Authored By Lisa Larrabee Why start your drawing or painting on a color? A background color can set the mood…
Authored by Lisa Larrabee. What do you consider before starting a drawing? An obvious choice would be to st…
Authored by Lisa Larrabee. If you do an online image search for "negative space drawings," you …
Authored by Lisa Larrabee. Artists often create studies before beginning their artwork. A study can be a de…
Authored By Lisa Larrabee Why are we so afraid of change? Wow, that’s a big question. Let’s reign it in a bi…
Authored By Christy Olsen. It enhances essential skills such as visual-spatial thinking, depth perception, …
Authored By Christy Olsen. Greek and Roman statues appear white today, but many of these sculptures have con…
Authored By Christy Olsen. Manufacturers that make paints to sell commercially use traditional pigments, b…
Authored By Christy Olsen. Graphite pencils are great for sketching or drawing because they produce grey or…
What does it all mean? Any 2D image, including drawings, paintings, or photographs, can be defined or describ…
What lurks in the shadows? A higher contrast of lights and darks than any local color. Shadows tell us a lot.…
The purpose of the RGB color system is to display a colored image within an electronic system, such as a tele…
Authored By Christy Olsen. Sketchbooks or journals (visual or handwritten) are all diaries. They are a recor…
Authored By Christy Olsen. " Texture " is both a tactile and a visual phenomenon. It refers to th…
Authored By Christy Olsen. Nōtan (濃淡) is a Japanese word meaning dark-light. There is no English language e…
Authored By Christy Olsen. When it comes to 'hue' or color, lighting is everything. Without some fo…
Usually, we want harmonious color combinations derived from color relationships. However, nothing undermines …
'Color Systems' or 'Color Models' are based on the physical process of mixing hues or colors.…
Color Space is defined as a specific organization of colors, and many different models depend on whether you …