Brushes to use when oil painting: Profile on the Flat
This installment I am addressing a question brought up a lot to me and that is, what brush to use...
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Author: Ron Lemen
Color Theory Part 13: Color Study Demonstration Experiment 01
This month I have made a video color study. We will call it an experiment since the camera...
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How to Improve Using Photo Reference
Just a quick side trip from the color theory series for an important tip on how to use photo...
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Color Theory Part 12: Problems One Might Have When Making Color Choices In Their Own Work
The next few articles on color theory are big ones and require more time on them than I have at...
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Color Theory Part 11: 10 Important Points When Painting Flesh/Skin Tones
Skin is complicated, so to do this properly, I am breaking it into 3 parts over 3 articles. Part...
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Color Theory Part 10: Mixing Colors 1A
This installment is done in handouts. This way you can DL the handouts and use them on the go. ...
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Color Theory Part 9: The Anatomy of Shadows
As part of this color series I am doing, I’m realizing that there are some things even more...
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Drawing Feet
-By Ron Lemen I simplified this dialog to the drawings. This started off as a rant against the...
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Color Theory Part 8: Limited Color Palette 1
The subject matter might not be the most interesting to you, but believe me when I say this is the...
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Color Theory Part 7: Palette No. 1 Limited Palette/Introducing Temperature
As I mentioned in the previous article here, the painting journey respectfully begins with...
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Color Theory Part 6: Learning How To See Color Around You, Non-Pigment Related Color Awareness Exercises
What is color theory? Wikipedia says: In the visual arts, ”color theory” is a body of practical...
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Color Theory Part 5: Notan and the flattin stages of the painting
Notan Every time I am reminded of making an article, I want to do something simple and quick, but...
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Color Theory Part 4: Mixing Paint
If your training was anything like my early years before finding good mentors, you probably jumped...
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Color Theory Part 3: High Chroma – All Objects Have Color, High Chroma Studies Help You Find Them
If I gave you a reference shot like this and I asked you to do a study of it, what would...
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Color Theory Part 2.5: Low Chroma Continued
Prompting this with a TL:DR but all noteworthy information. An info dump that will take a minute...
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