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| paradise.engineering | 10 Apr 2011 - 15:34 Post #1 |
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Art Director Michael Dashow shares his favourite tips for effective use of colour in your artwork 1 CONTRAST Colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel stand out against each other. Use this contrast to call attention to the focus of your painting. Balance intense colour with more muted other colours in the background. 2 COLOUR VARIETY Objects in nature incorporate a variety of colours. Paint natural objects with many similar colours. Especially keep this in mind when painting skin. Areas where the blood is closer to the surface show more reds. Areas around the eye reveal more purples. 3 COLOUR MOODS Choose colours that best convey the mood you’re aiming for. Strong reds get the pulse going, and impart a sense of drama or danger. Cool blues and greens have a more calming effect. 4 ADD A LITTLE MAGIC We’re used to seeing light in warm colours such as red from light cast by the sun. Blues are familiar from light reflected from the sky. That leaves green and purple as colours we don’t normally see. Incorporating them can give a painting a mystical air. 5 DRAMATIC SKIES To really set a mood for your piece, choose an appropriate colour for the sky. I rarely stick with the traditional blue. Instead, I opt for colours to heighten the drama and emotions that I want the piece to illicit. 6 AERIAL PERSPECTIVE When there’s more distance between you and other objects, there’s more atmosphere between them. Add more depth to your painting by bringing your atmosphere colour into objects that are further away. Traditionally, this means making them more blue and less saturated. 7 BOUNCE YOUR LIGHT Shadows pick up bounced light from the environment. Pull in your ambient colour, such as the colour of your sky. Light bounces off other parts of your scene, too. Grass, for example would add greens into your lower shadows. 8 SIDE LIGHTING Rather than just using a single light source, consider adding more light from a different direction. The additional light helps round out the forms more, and can also have an exciting colour impact. 9 CHECK YOUR VALUES It’s important not to neglect the values while you’reworking with colour. If your colours are all of a similar tone, your painting will have less impact. Checking the image in greyscale can help you here. 10 TEST IT OUT Don’t expect instant perfection. Just as sketches are important for drawing a finished piece, they’re equally helpful for colour composition. Make some colour thumbnails before jumping into your painting. I try out different palettes by using my paint program’s layers to block out areas of colour and shift their hues. Source: www.imaginefx.com |
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