From Color Poms to Weaving Colorways
Color has always fascinated me. When I was a young girl I was flabbergasted when I’d witness a woman whose outfit combined two different reds. I wondered ~ did she KNOW the colors didn’t “match?” Did she realize it was … Continue reading
The New Anatomy of Colour – David Briggs Webinar
International Colour Day is March 21st, and to celebrate, Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) is hosting a webinar with painter and teacher David Briggs, who will be presenting at the Munsell Centennial Color Symposium in June. … Continue reading
Fused Glass Attributes & Controlling Color in Your Artwork
Color in glass differs from color in other mediums, in fact color in glass can transform itself. Glass, unlike other media, has a diversity of ways to show color. With the medium of glass there is reflected light and transmitted … Continue reading
Let’s Make Mud – Understanding & Mixing Complementary Colors Part 2
Now that you understand the basics from Part 1 of Let’s Make Mud, let’s dive further into understanding complementary colors and take it to the next level of complexity. … Continue reading
Let’s Make Mud – Understanding & Mixing Complementary Colors
Artist Carol McIntyre explains how complementary colors are often overlooked by artists but they are important part of learning color theory and understanding how to mix them can help you avoid making mud. Continue reading
Art… Why that Color?
That feeling of awe when I received a set of 24 color markers as a kid has never gone away. That box contained the whole world. The possibilities were endless and just waiting to be released. My generation grew up … Continue reading
The Importance of Color Theory in Painting
Color Theory was a required foundations course in the Visual Communication Design program at BYU, so all the design students took it–the interior designers, graphic designers, industrial designers, and the illustrators. … Continue reading
Continua: Phone Books, Mapping Color and the Munsell Color Tree
My enchantment with the color continuum began during my tenure as a Foundations instructor at Tyler School of Art, where the traditional color wheel still lies at the heart of the study and application of color theory. Over the course … Continue reading
Creating Pixel Art Using Color Theory
When I try to depict natural tones and colors in my art, the Munsell Color system illustrates how my choices work. The system incorporates the main components that are identified when using color, and organizes these into a sensible three … Continue reading
Art Design Projects for Kids at the Rhinebeck Science Foundation Discovery Festival
Ask a classroom of middle schoolers what happens when you mix red and green together. They’ll roll their eyes and mumble in a monotone “brown”. “So what?” their expressions will tell you, “I’ve known that since elementary school!” Or what … Continue reading
