How to paint emotions using warm and cool colors.

This video is an advanced lesson is about color temperature; that is, warm and cool colors, which carry the emotional impact of a painting.

Watercolor paintings, demonstrating warm and cool color schemes.

Two watercolor paintings showing warm and cool colors. The warm painting on the right is predominately shades of orange and yellow. The cool painting on the left is predominately blue and green. These two paintings serve as demonstrations of how different the feelings are between the color temperatures.

I have more to say about color than about all of the other compositional elements of a painting combined. That is surprising because color is the only one that is totally subjective. All if this information is applicable to any art medium, not just watercolor painting.

Beyond the basics of color alone (hue) is the concept of darkening the color (shades), and lightening the color (tints). This is referred to as neutrals and semi-neutrals. Semi-neutrals (gray) make the colors sing.

Analogous Colors are colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. Within any group of analogous colors there is very little contrast. Therefore images or portions of images which are analogous are harmonious.

Complementary Colors are those colors exactly across the color wheel from each other. They are of the highest possible contrast. Because of their high contrast, they are useful for calling attention to important areas of the painting, such as the center or interest.

There are three main complement pairs. Red - GreenYellow - PurpleOrange - Blue

The last pair, blue and orange are especially interesting. We call blue the color if ice. Orange is the color of fire. We call the analogous colors of blue, cool colors. We call the analogous colors of orange, warm colors.

Nature is painted with cool colors, blue and green. The blue sky, also reflected in the shadows and waters, and the green of the vegetation which covers the earth. These colors remind us of the many faces of nature: verdant pastures, adventure, travel, work, play, and also dark woods, lightening, flood, night. In other words all the wonderful and frightening about the world.

People are painted with warm colors. Red, yellow and orange (brown) hair, pink babies and orange flesh. Warm is the color of love, friendship and mother.

We can use this knowledge to add feelings to our work.

I have a long standing love affair with color. This lesson is will put you on the same path.

Fast ( Cable ) Medium ( DSL ) Slow ( Dialup) No Template Needed For This Lesson	This is a map of the captains color palette. See materials list below. Info Burnt Sienna Info Yellow Ochre Info Viridian Info Cerulean Blue Info Phthalo Blue Info Ultramarine Blue Info Pyrrol Red Info Alizarin Crimson ( Quinacridone ) Info Arylide Yellow FGL Info Arylide Yellow Deep Info 140 Lb. Cold Pressed Info Red Sable PAINTS ........( sedimentary ) 0 - Red 1 - Yellow 2 - Green 3 - Blue .......( non sedimentary ) 4 - Cool Blue 5 - Warm Blue 6 - Warm Red 7 - Cool Red 8 - Warm Yellow 9 - Cool Yellow PAPER BRUSHES For an explanation of the properties of the paints, ( Like warm and cool ) see the lesson on paints in the materials section.
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How to paint emotions using warm and cool colors.

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How to paint emotions using warm and cool colors.

This video is an advanced lesson is about color temperature; that is, warm and cool colors, which carry the emotional impact of a painting.

This lesson is designed for all the arts, not just for watercolor paintings.