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Understanding Color Intensity

Understanding Color Intensity

by Dan Schultz on March 18, 2020 with 17 Comments

Understanding color intensity is important for any painter. Color intensity (or color saturation) joins value and hue as one of the three most important characteristics of color. We use these three characteristics to identify and mix the colors we see.  … Read More

Articles color intensity, hue, intensity, saturation, value
Gray Matters

Gray Matters

by Dan Schultz on July 17, 2016 with 11 Comments

I’ve written before about mixing black and white to make a variety of grays. It’s a nice, simple exercise to better recognize value contrasts. But when painting with more colors, the best way to mix grays is of course to … Read More

Articles complementary, gray, intensity, painting, plein air
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Yesterday’s opening reception for the @californi Yesterday’s opening reception for the @californiaartclub 114th annual Gold Medal Exhibition at @vefagallery. I didn’t take enough pics! The show is up through August 9, 2025. #californiaartclub
This Sunday (June 8, 2025) is the opening receptio This Sunday (June 8, 2025) is the opening reception of the @californiaartclub 114th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, hosted by @vefagallery in Torrance, CA. My oil painting “Santa Cruz Island”, 24”x30” will be available there for purchase, with a portion of the proceeds going to further the efforts of this historic club as it continues to promote traditional art and artists in California and beyond. #coastalpainting #californiapainting #californiaart #traditionalpainting
Just uploaded this new 12”x16” to my website. Just uploaded this new 12”x16” to my website. We’ve had an amazing bloom of mustard all around the area this spring. I painted this one last week — one of a few efforts to capture it before it’s all gone. #mustard #ojai #ojaivalley #ojaicalifornia #pleinairpainting #ojaiartist #decoratewithpaintings #californialandscape #ojaiartgallery
Shout out to my favorite paint maker @m.grahamco. Shout out to my favorite paint maker @m.grahamco. A great limited palette for outdoor landscape painting in oil. Titanium white, bismuth yellow, yellow ochre, anthraquinone red (permanent alizarin crimson), viridian, ultramarine blue. #ojai #ojaicalifornia #ojaivalley #outdoorpainting #californialandscape #decoratewithpaintings #mgrahamoils #mgraham
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