Color Studies – Color Applications and Definitions – Part 1
Sheri Lynn Boyer Doty CPSA -Biography 2010
Sheri Doty received a B F A degree in 1972 from the University of Utah with a painting and drawing emphasis. Having experimented with non-representational styles during her student years, Sheri preferred classic realism as thought by professor Alvin Gittons. He and the professors, under whom she studied, emphasized strong drawing and painting skills. Sheri is a faculty member of Salt Lake Community College and Peterson’s Art center where she teaches Fine Art and Design.
Sheri’s paintings have earned her awards in regional, national and international art exhibitions and invitational shows including purchase awards and permanent museum acquisitions. Sanford Corporation has used her artwork to showcase its PRISMACOLOR colored pencil product line internationally. Sheri is a charter member and signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America [C.P.S.A.].
Sheri’s artwork has been published in numerous books including The Encyclopedia of Colored Pencil Techniques by Quarto Publishing, London England;Most of The Best of Colored Pencil series by Rockport Publishers, Creative Colored Pencil Techniques by Rockport Publishers, Creative Colored Pencil Portraits byri’s art work is included is Rockport Publishers and The Best of Portrait Painting by North Light Books, Dear Sisters by Covenant Communications Inc. Sheri’s artwork is published on book covers, in newspapers, periodicals, and exhibit catalogues.
Color Studies – Part 2 The Color Wheel
By Sheri Doty
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Color Studies – Color Applications and Definitions
Part 2 – The Color Wheel
Color Studies – Part 3 The Influences of the Environment on Color
By Sheri Doty
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Color Studies – Color Applications and Definitions
Part 3 – The Influences of the Environment on Color
Color Studies – Part 4 Color Relationships
By Sheri Doty
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Color Studies – Color Applications and Definitions
Part 4 - Color Relationships
Color Studies – Part 5 Color Schemes
By Sheri Doty
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Color Studies – Color Applications and Definitions
Part 5 – Color Schemes
Color Studies – Part 6 Color Applications
By Sheri Doty
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Color Studies – Color Applications and Definitions
Part 6 – Color Applications
The Monet guide to Colour harmony
by Will Kemp with Will Kemp Art School
Let’s be honest, colour mixing can be frustrating.
You’ve mastered the colour wheel, you understand complementary colours and may have either dabbled with a few different colour schemes but why do you paintings still not work?
Why don’t they balance and create harmony to your eye?
What are you doing wrong?
In this series of guest posts for ArtInstructionBlog.com, I want to address some of the common stumbling blocks of colour and analyze some master pieces to try and see how past masters have managed to balance seemingly impossible colour mixtures – so you can help to find your own unique palette
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How to Mix Bright Pink with Acrylic Paint
Learn how to mix a bright pink using acrylic paint with this free acrylic painting tutorial from award winning Artist and teacher Will Kemp from Will Kemp Art School. This is the second video lesson that I have featured here from Will as I simply love his teaching style. Check out his other lesson on my site on mixing greens with acrylic paint here.
For this particular lesson, Will is using the following acrylic colors from Golden &
Winsor & Newton: Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Alizarin Crimson Permanent, Quinacridone Red and Titanium White.
In order to mix a true pink, you need red and white, but as this video will demonstrate, not all reds on your palette will make a nice bright pink and you really won’t be able to tell when looking at a color straight out of the tube. You need to add white to a color to determine the best red for the job.
Painting with Acrylic Paint: How to Mix Greens with Will Kemp
Here is a wonderful video created by Artist and Instructor Will Kemp from Will Kemp Art School. In this video, he will teach you how to create a variety of beautiful greens using acrylic paints.
If you spend any time outdoors observing nature, then you must already know the variety of greens that are there. There are warm yellow greens, cool blue greens, bright greens and dull greens. So you may find it rather challenging when it comes time to mix your own greens out of acrylic paint. There are some beautiful tubed greens on the market, but to really match the vast amount of greens that appear in nature, you must learn how to mix your own.
By the way, this video will work just as well with Oil Paints. While we are on the topic , you may want to also check out another post I put together a while back on mixing greens here. You may also want to check out a fantastic DVD created by my good friend Richard Robinson called Mastering Color. Back to the lesson at hand.
For this particular demonstration, Will is using Golden Heavy Body Acrylics, which are fantastic paints. If you haven’t tried them out yet, you can buy them online here at a great price.
How to Make Blue from Ivory Black & White
About Karin
Karin Wells is an artist of amazing versatility. She graduated with honors from both the New England School of Art and Design, Boston, 1965, and the Butera School of Art, Boston, 1986. Karin has enjoyed a career as an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and sign painter. She also taught Life Drawing and Painting for many years. She has most recently studied for three years at The New England School of Classical Painting in Greenfield, New Hampshire, under the direction of Numael Pulido.
To expand her craft, Karin has traveled throughout Europe studying the Old Masters. Her art reflects the deep influence of these great works. Karin demonstrates a remarkable facility for likeness and for the use of light.
The artist is a member of The American Society of Portrait Artists, Portrait Society of America, The Portrait Society of Atlanta, and The Copley Society of Boston.
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