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Transparent colors – redux
Transparent colors and a black canvas combine for painting magic! Bill explains how he gets the colors he wants by using transparent colors. In an earlier post, Bill explained transparent colors in this post. In this post, he demonstrates how he uses transparent colors to create his effects! … [Read more...]
Transparent Colors – Part II
Bill continues his demonstration of the marvelous techniques you can achieve with transparent colors. For your convenience, we've included a chart of Alexander colors and their transparency. (Translucent colors are sort of between Opaque and Transparent. You can see through them, but light is refracted so it's as if you are looking through a frosted glass … [Read more...]
Transparent colors – Part I
In this two-part series, Bill shows you how to work with transparent colors on a black canvas. There are two types of paint: opaque and transparent. As the name implies, transparent paints allow colors from beneath the paint to show through. Transparent paints are also used a lot in glazing paintings. The old masters used glazing a lot in their art as they worked with light … [Read more...]
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