THEORY + APPLICATION Archive
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Neutrals: Selecting the Right Neutral Pigment for Your Palette
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 6 CommentsNeutral colors can be mixed from primary colors, but a neutral pigment can be faster and help support the color direction of your painting -
Using Photographs Like an Artist
Posted on April 12, 2013 | 2 CommentsReferencing photographs too closely can be hazardous to you work. Here are strategies to overcome the tyranny of the photo reference. -
Special Workshop: The Wisdom of Notan and the Dark-Light Composition
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 4 CommentsPacific Northwest Art School Saturday/Sunday April 27–28 in Coupeville, Wash. (Whidbey Island) 9 am – 4 pm daily Cost: $255, payable to PNWAS Gage Academy of Fine Art Saturday/Sunday June 8–9 in Seattle, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm daily Cost: $195 payable to Gage Academy Visit my CLASSES page to see all 2013 offerings. Read the expanded definition of notan below.... -
Azure and Asphalt Series with Commentary: Ownership of Style and the Meaning of Originality
Posted on December 8, 2012 | 8 CommentsIntroducing a new series — with a few strokes of philosophical commentary. -
The Affect of Value on Color Identity in Impressionist Painting
Posted on October 13, 2012 | 3 CommentsThe brilliance of a color does not occur independent of its value. With a “color-priority” system, Impressionists allowed colors to retain their intrinsic color identity. -
Ways of Interpreting Color: In the Studio vs. Plein Air
Posted on September 4, 2012 | 5 CommentsIn plein air we attempt a form of direct translation. In the studio, we may recall our observations of nature, but are freer to be inventive with color. -
Composition Before Color — Considerations in the First Phases of Plein Air Painting
Posted on July 3, 2012 | 5 CommentsIn the rush to color, plein air painters often overlook the essential first steps that will establish a strong composition. -
Jerry Fresia: “On Painting The Sun: Monet’s Choice”
Posted on April 14, 2012 | 3 CommentsContemporary Impressionist Jerry Fresia talks about the tradeoffs between a value-emphasis or a color-emphasis when painting brilliant light. -
Painting Exercises: Limited Focus, Shape, Color and the Notan in Studio Landscape
Posted on June 24, 2011 | 7 CommentsOne student's journey through exercises in simplification, limited focus, color and the Notan in landscape painting -
Color Harmony in Landscape Painting: 3-Part Series in Artists & Illustrators Magazine
Posted on June 4, 2011 | No CommentsIn a three-part series, painter and author Mitchell Albala writes about color strategies painters use to achieve greater harmony and unified light
