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Tutorials by Dianne Mize

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Meet Munsell

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Below: Color Wheel based on Munsell's Five Primaries It was Sir Isaac Newton who in 1666 invented what came to be known as the triadic ...
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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Hue: The Scheming Element

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Fire truck red. Sky blue. Lemon yellow. The primary hues. Most folks call them them colors, but color covers value, intensity, and temp...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Value: The Supreme Element

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Without value we see absolutely nothing. At night, if we lose electric power and there is no moonlight, you can see nothing but black. And ...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Texture: The Element of Intrigue

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Except for the minimalists, take any painting you like, subtract from it all texture and what do you have left? One painting I like a lot i...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Direction: The Control Element

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In no art form is the visual element direction more evident than in figure skating on ice. A figure skating choreograph resembles a J ack...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Size: It's Bigger Than You Think

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What a surprise for me when I finally realized how small most daily paintings are. Looking through blog after blog of these little jewels,...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

And Then There Is Shape

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What is a shape? Try this. A shape is an area enclosed with edges, specific or implied . That's my definition. I could not believe ...
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