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Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">While learning <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        about the various brushes and mediums was a bit confusing, the biggest <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        challenge for me was how to accurately depict nature and other real life <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        objects on canvas using color. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">How do I <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        make a color lighter or darker? What about making realistic shadows or <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        highlights? This article will shed some colorful light on the situation, <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        and with practice, working with color in your oil paintings will become <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        easier and more enjoyable.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Thank God <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        for the beautiful Sun, for without it, we would not see color. Everything <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        would appear dark and colorless. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Thankfully, <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        the light from the Sun also travels in a straight line. If it didn&#8217;t, <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        we wouldn&#8217;t have the wonderful variety of light and shadow that makes <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        everything so enjoyable to paint.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">If you take <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        an apple for instance, and put it outside in the grass in the sunlight, <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        you will notice several different values that the light creates when shining <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        on the apple.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">You have <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        the main overall tone of the apple, the shadow on the apple, the cast <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        shadow, reflection from nearby objects like the green grass and the sky, <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        and highlights. Our job as painters is to accurately depict these values <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        on canvas using color. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">There are <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        so many different oil colors on the market today. All of these different <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        colors come from the six colors that make up the spectrum &#8211; yellow, orange, <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        red, violet, blue and green. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Colors have <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        four main properties &#8211; value, intensity, temperature and hue. The value <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        of a color refers to how light or dark a color is. The intensity of a <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        color refers to how bright or dull it is &#8211; also known as a colors saturation <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        or purity. If you used yellow straight from the tube, it would have a <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        higher intensity then if you mixed it with white. The temperature refers <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        to how warm or cool a color is. Colors range in temperature from warm <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        yellows and oranges to cool blues and violets. Finally, the hue is just <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        another word for color. An apple and a cherry are both hues of red.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Color mixing <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        is not an exact science. Artists have different formulas and methods for <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        mixing and applying paint, so the following tips are general guidelines <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        and not necessarily rules that must be followed.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">When mixing <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        colors don&#8217;t over mix. Over mixing a color will take the life out of it. <br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">To create <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        highlights in your paintings, use white with a touch of the objects complimentary <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        color. There are some exceptions however. When painting highlights on <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        certain objects like brass for instance, which can be depicted on canvas <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        using yellow, making a lighter yellow tinted with white can create a convincing <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        highlight. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Cast shadows <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        of objects are complimentary to the color that the shadow is cast upon. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        For instance, the cast shadow of a red apple on a blue tablecloth would <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        be orange.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">To get any <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        desired color, try to mix as few colors as possible. Try and limit it <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        to three.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Try to keep <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        the theme of your painting either all warm or all cool in temperature. <br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Again, color <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        mixing is not an exact science. If you survey 10 artists and ask them <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        various questions about mixing oil paint, you will likely get many different <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        answers. My advice is to keep painting and practicing until you develop <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n        your own formulas and techniques that you are comfortable with. 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