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Mastering Color Table of Contents
• Seeing the Light ~ Volume 1
• Hue-Temperature-Value-Intensity ~ Volume 2
• Color in Action ~ Volume 3
Each AE Mastering Color DVD includes:
• 48 Paintings in an Annotated Gallery
—Works by Donna Aldridge and 35 Guest Artists
from across the USA, from Australia and Europe
—Text for each work discusses how the artist successfully used various qualities covered
in the DVD
• Printable Color Charts and Information Sheets
• Experiments and Tips
For Any Subject Matter
For All Experience Levels
For Any Medium — including
• Oil • Acrylic • Watercolor • Pastel •
• Printmaking • Digital • Photography • Etc.
with Annotated Gallery on each DVD with 48 images
by 35 Artists from across the USA, from Australia and Europe
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Seeing the Light! — 1
On this DVD, you’ll discover:
• effects of different lighting situations
• colors of various light sources and their use
— to see and understand your subject’s colors
— for easier, more successful color mixing
— to paint shadows with new life!
• methods to show form
through both light/shadow & color
• ways to turn “blah” pieces
into exciting paintings!
• techniques to create colors that glow
Subjects covered include:
• Five Qualilties of Light and Shadow
• The Color of Lights and Shadows
• Light’s Color + Local Color = Visual Color
• Using Light/Shadow Color Info for Mixing Paints
• Reflected Lights
• Power of Hard to Soft Shadow Edges
Hue • Temperature • Value • Intensity — 2:
On this DVD, you’ll discover:
• ways to understand and work with
the Four Color Qualities
• tips and experiments to really
SEE and develop your colors
• how to use H•T•V•I as a “check list”
to get exact colors
• solutions for sensing the right values
• techniques to create colors that glow
• why and how to constantly relate all your colors
• the power of grays and other low intensites
• great lessons exploring any one color family
Subjects covered include:
• How to SEE Color
• Four Qualilties of Color and How to Use Them
• Strategy of Primary Colors
• Relating Colors to Each Other
• Three Ways of Graying a Color
• Relative Value of Hues
• White- vs. Gold-based Color
Color in Action! — 3 :
On this DVD, you’ll discover:
how to evaluate and mix a particular color
— based on local color, light’s color and the surroundings
— using a step-by-step guide
(printable pdf guide sheet included)
ways to turn “blah” pieces into exciting paintings!
solutions for painting reflections
mixing for atmoshperic depth in landscapes
ways to make something “pop” or “hide”
experiments with grays . . . and more!
Subjects covered include:
• Mixing Colors
• New Ways of Seeing
• Contrast and Unity
• Color Shapes and Patterns
• Influence of Ground Colors
• Effects of Changing Light
• Plein Air Painting
• Foliage Greens
• Whites and Grays• • • • • •
Copyright Notice
Please Note: All artwork and materials contained on this website are copyrighted by Donna Aldridge. No image or picture may be downloaded or copied without written permission from the artist. Many of the painting images you will see on this site may be available for sale in original or in print form by contacting Aldridge Studios.
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