Let us consider color as an artist sees and uses it. Color has three main qualities: hue, value and intensity. Qualities of Color If we look at any given color analytically – the red of an apple, for instance – we discover that it possesses three outstanding characteristics or qualities. First, there is that quality [...]
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Unlike some teachers of watercolor, I advise students to start painting as soon as a satisfactory drawing is completed. So let’s start right in with a simple explanation of value and color. Value, according to Webster, is “the relation of one part or detail in a picture to another with respect to lightness and darkness.” [...]
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