This week's exercise is about being able to create the colors that you see. I realize that there might be some students who have color blindness issues. Don’t fret because I’m really more concerned about you being accurate in value more so than in hue. If you’re in the ballpark with hue, that’s great. I would rather you be dead-on with value. If you can be accurate in both, all the better.
The important thing to remember is VALUE IS MORE IMPORANT THAT COLOR.
If you get your values right, then whatever colors you apply will simply work. If your values are wrong, or if they are off, then it doesn’t matter what color you apply, you piece will still not fly.
Here’s a quick recap of Color Theory.
Color Theory is all about the color wheel. If you know the color wheel and know how to apply it, then you know pretty much everything you need to know about color theory.
Here is a basic color wheel.
I try to think of it like a clock with Yellow at High Noon, Red at 8 o’clock and Blue at 4 o’clock.
The whole idea behind the color wheel and color schemes is that if you apply a color scheme to your artwork, it will harmonize. In color theory, you are forced to memorize a bunch of different color schemes. In reality, I will show you one color scheme that encompasses the other color schemes so there will only be one thing for you to remember.
| Link to Monochromatic. | Link to Complements. |
| Link to Triads. | Link to Analogous. |
Values as they relate to the real world.
In Daylight, when objects are close to us you have a full range of value. The values cover the gamut from Light to Dark (black to white).
As distance increases, the value range begins to clamp down. In addition, colors as they get further away will also become more desaturated.
Consider the painting below by Dusso.
Notice that the colors that are close to us are highly saturated and the colors further away are desaturated(gray).
Notice the value range. Up close you have a full range of value from white to black. As you get further away, you have a much smaller range of values and you have no whites or blacks.
This is how you apply value, if you're using Corel Painter:
When painting foreground objects, use a full range of value and color.
When painting middle ground objects, use a limited range of value and color.
When painting background objects, use a tight range of value and very little color.
[b]Why you can forget the schemes and simply apply Analogous complements.[/b]
Here’s how you apply it.
The color wheel in Painter is a little funky in that the complements are not directly across from each other.
Link to Analogous Complements.
When you’re coming up with a color scheme you want to do, simply stay within an analogous color range and add a complement to it. That’s it. It will automatically harmonize the colors in your image.
Here are some examples.
Michael Dudash
Dan McCaw
Dan McCaw
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