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83Color Part 8 - Color combinations
by Kenny Wordsmith
Anything goes with neutrals“Colour, colour, what colour do I choose?” – playground song. “If you want to produce great brightness, you must oppose to it a very dark shade: so a pale yellow will cause... published 13 months ago
82Dali's Crucifixion - My Take
by Kenny Wordsmith
Dali's paintings make a great intro to surrealism and modern art. Look at this one. If not for the cubes, Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) would look, at first glance, like an old master's piece. Surrealism is... published 11 months ago
81Dali's Christ of Saint John of the Cross - My Take
by Kenny Wordsmith
The 16th century Spanish mystic St John of the Cross had a vision that he had translated onto paper. He had drawn the crucixion from an unusual angle and when Salvador Dali saw this drawing, he was inspired.... published 10 months ago
80Color Part 6 Orange, Purple and Brown
by Kenny Wordsmith
“Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow.” – Kandinsky Orange, he means, is vibrant, but shouts less than red. An aesthetic compromise for some colour schemes. Orange is the colour of the... published 13 months ago
78Photoshop Tutorial 1: How to Convert Your Photos into Watercolor Illustrations
by Kenny Wordsmith
First, let's look at the simplest way of doing it, to get you started. I'm not insulting your intelligence, only making it so simple that someone who hasn't worked in photoshop till now also can follow. So... published 11 months ago
77Color Part 3 - Give’em Red!
by Kenny Wordsmith
As r as your eye in an overnight flight. What’s black and white and red all over? ‘Newspaper’ used to be the answer when newspapers were b&w. Now the answer is a blushing penguin, a... published 13 months ago
76Supper at Emmaus - My take
by Kenny Wordsmith
Caravaggio painted this scene from Luke 24, showing the Supper at Emmaus. Click on the picture below, or the one to the right, and just look at the bigger image. Just be with it. Let your heart listen with... published 11 months ago
76Color Part 15 Color and Decor
by Kenny Wordsmith
In the design of interiors, colour is used to create harmony, a very relative thing. Industrial designers use hues to create a productive work environ; ‘productive’ being an industrialist’s favourite... published 13 months ago
75Pinkety Pink Pink Pink! - facts and fun
by Kenny Wordsmith
Pink is a pale red, but has a personality of its own. It’s a romantic colour, favourite of women who are not feminists. Barbara Cartland, after a visit to Tutankhamen’s tomb, liked the pink walls she saw... published 13 months ago
74How Almost Anyone Can Learn To Draw
by Kenny Wordsmith
Creativity? Talent? Long fingers? Good genes? Are these the equipment every artist has? Please be indulgent, and obey me blindly while I take you though a very simple exercise. On your right. Do more and... published 13 months ago
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