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Tip of the Day - Color - Many times I hear concerns from artists about the colors in their painting not looking right. For this lesson I have to go back about 30 years. Just after graduating from high school, after receiving a Confessional Art Award for a pen and ink piece, I had finally been given permission to use color. I also had entered the US Air Force. At my first Duty Station I decided to take an art class at the on-base college. I enrolled in an Art 3 class and during the interview with the instructor I was told that in order to take Art 3 it was required that I take Art 1 and 2 first. As I got ready to leave the instructor ask to see my portfolio. After flipping through a few pages she closed my portfolio and said Usually Art 1 and 2 are prerequisites for taking Art 3 but in your case Im going to make an exception, on one condition. YOU have to teach the class. I did teach that class and received an A+. What does this have to do with color you may ask? Just as I was taught by one person that working in black and white teaches you shadow and structure. This instructor taught me color. As we sat talking I ask, Am I any good at what I do? Her reply was straight forward. You are good, but your not great, you cant see colors! Quizzically I looked at her, I dont understand. Reaching in her lunch bag she pulled out a golden delicious apple. Holding it up she ask, What color is my apple? Yellow I replied. No, look again, look closer, break it down. she said. As I stared at the apple it suddenly became clear. Yellow, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, leaf green, orange, crimson, cobalt blue. They were all there, each one. As she watched the expression on my face she smiled. NOW you can see color. When you paint, dont paint the apple, paint the colors, the apple will reveal itself.. Now you can become great. Everything in life is a lesson, life gives us inspiration, all we have to do is SEE it and if you look hard enough, if you pay attention, you will.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:50:12 +0000

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