“Once you have tasted the taste of the sky, you’ll forever look up.” — Leonardo Da Vinci Are you a cloud gazer who enjoys looking up at the sky, curious to see what familiar shapes and images might form? It can be exciting to see a shape emerge as the wind currents blow through the moisture in the clouds: a dog, a cat, an angel, maybe a shape like a Continue Reading
The Double Primary Palette
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keeffe I can really identify with O’Keeffe’s quote. Do you find color enlivens your feelings and senses? The colorful image below illustrates how to set up your personal artistic palette. To make things easier, you can purchase a Continue Reading
Best Palette Colors To Build Depth
“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” — Alberto Giacometti Are you ready to break out your creativity in the New Year? In my first, Free Design Tutorial post, I introduced thirteen perfect colors (plus black and white) to build a rich artistic painting palette. As you practice painting with this Continue Reading
The Perfect Palette Series: The Many Hues of Color
Have you ever had a conversation with Siri or Alexa about color? If you haven’t, you can ask the question, “What is the color green?” The other day that’s what I did. Her answer was matter-of-fact Wikipedia perfect. The answer coming out of our kitchen’s “smart speaker” inspired me to share some thoughts on the many hues of color, like green, that the Continue Reading