Aren’t light fluctuations wonderful? Seeing it glisten on the water, transforming itself as the day goes by, intensifying in the mountains, piercing the fog, filtering… Read More »Challenge #6 Capturing Light Fluctuations
In the previous challenge, I suggested that you begin your exploration of the world of colors by limiting yourself to a few, thus restricting your… Read More »Challenge #4 Playing with Complements
The notion of color’s complement is important. It binds two colors together. Mastering this relationship will allow you to better control the interaction of colors,… Read More »Complementary colors (I)
Light is fundamental in our perception of color. Sometimes it charms us: in a shop we are seduced by the color of a piece of… Read More »Light and Color
If you like colors, you will be tempted to combine them in numbers, whether to decorate your living room or to make a canvas. Or else, you will not know where to start, and, for fear of making a mistake in taste, you will stay with blacks, greys and whites, in short, with neutral colors.
In the first case, you would take too many risks, because the more different shades there are, the more difficult it is to manage their interactions. In the second case, you wouldn’t dare enough, you would remain in the comfort of neutrality.
The solution is to start with a limited palette and explore all the harmonies it offers; this is the purpose of this third challenge.
You now know the GORC recipe: Getting inspired-Observe-Reproduce-Create.
Read More »Challenge #3 Explore a limited paletteIn this new challenge, we shall learn the technique of chiaroscuro. But what is chiaroscuro? When using such a technique? Lest us Get inspired by… Read More »Challenge #2: Getting started in chiaroscuro
Françoise loves color so much that she hardly dares to talk about it. Perhaps does she fear of reducing the emotion that color gives her? Would she feel like betraying the special relationship she has with color, a relationship she formed as a child? At that time already, contemplating a large box of colored pencils brought her immense joy.
Read More »Françoise Lesage, Nature Obliges#composition #tonic #dominant
In a painting, a photo, the dominant creates an atmosphere, it plunges you into a state of mind, it’s not a scoop. On the other hand, who among you knows the tonic?
The dominant, obviously covers most of the image. For example, in Monet’s painting “Rising Sun Impression”, the dominant is blue, a light blue, one would probably say blue-grey. Here we are, of course, on the water, in the humidity of the early morning. Note that we will refer here to the color range, not to the specific tone.
As for the tonic, it gives the image a boost. In small quantities, brighter and more saturated, it creates a focus in the image.
In “Rising Sun Impression”, the orange sun plays this role of tonic.
In this first color challenge, I propose to build up a collection of colors and play with it. Why build up a color collection? Isn’t… Read More »Challenge 1: Make a color collection and play with shades
“Beauty is everywhere” was the title of an exhibition dedicated to Fernand Léger (1881-1955) at BOZAR. He wrote: “there is no such thing as catalogued, hierarchical beauty”. This is what allows us to call “beauty” what we feel as such. What freedom in the face of those who prescribe us what to admire!
