Color: From Boring to Brilliant
In this lesson we will be covering value simplification. When we are translating images to colors of our choice and color schemes, it helps immensely to learn how to simplify and edit the number of values down to 3, 5, 10, or as few as we can manage, depending on what level we are at as a painter.
Editing values down is a learned skill, and requires practice. This exercise could also be called “learning how to DESIGN”, because you are making many decisions about how to tranlate and simplify your image into to a bolder version of itself and a stronger composition, making it “lean and mean”. Which results in a bolder outcome, a stronger design. The fewer values, the bolder = more dramatic composition.
Plus, when you are translating values to colors - your own chosen colors - it will help make this interpretation process much easier. Learning how to group similar values together is one of the most important skills a painter can learn in order to advance to the next level.
Note: Reference images shown in this video or any other lesson videos are protected under my copyright. In otherwords, students may not use my reference images to create their own paintings. The only images that are permissable as reference for creating paintings are those included in the homework assignments.
Lesson 3: The Value of Values
Additional Painting Demo: Modify your value study