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Feeling Gray Today

Howard Lyon

-By Howard Lyon   Color is a fascinating and challenging part of painting.  It can be defined as hue, saturation and value. Today, I am going to focus a little more on saturation. Saturation being how intense or gray a color is. Before I get going though, I think I need to add a disclaimer to this post. Painting from life is the best way to understand color. Also, photographs of paintings are by no…

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Art Documentaries: Waldemar Januszczak

Lauren Panepinto

May 15, 2025 - Happy May, Muddy Colors. Sadly I have been sick for about a week with a two fisted attack of allergies and a headcold, so I've been spending a lot of time resting on my couch and going thru boxes of tissues. As is my custom while sick, I watched a lot of documentaries. I don't know why, but I have less trouble following nonfiction than fiction when I'm drifting in and out of naps. I happened upon an old fave of mine, this BBC doc on Holbein: Which was originally a BBC special, hosted by Waldemar Januszczak. Waldy (as he calls himself) is quite a character, and you kind of love him or hate him, depending on how you feel about the level of Personality you like in a host. I've really come to enjoy…

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