More Magickal Seas and let's talk about colors

Hello and good morning ;
It's still quite early and the best time to write my blog post before I start to potter around and wake everybody up on this Sunday morning :)
The #thingswithflowers challenge goes on and I have created a few more paintings. But I also have to share some still from the May challenge.

We have the bird cage …

..the clock

and the house .In this case I made a fairy house out of a mushroom. That was May.
The 1st of June prompt was Arrow.

and the next one...

...for June was "Globe" .I had a real model for this one.

Let's talk "Colors" or "Colours " as we spell it here in UK.

Did you know there are only 3 primary colors? Yellow , red and blue. These 3 are really all you need , because all other colors can be created from just these 3. I think you will already know that yellow and blue = green, yellow and red =orange, red and blue=purple. Those are the secondary colors. But you still have shades in between. Those are called the tertiary colors. Then are cold and warm colors. This video explains it all , and a good exercise is to make your own color wheel and chart.

That's basic mixing, but you can also change the color and transparency with the amount of water you use.

This is great for shading. If you look at any object you will notice that the color is lighter where the light hits the object and darker where the light doesn't reach.

 That's probably enough for today to watch and take in . You have a lot to watch now. I already have the next video tutorials lined up for next week though ;)
So go ahead , grab some paper ,brush and he 3 primary colors and practice what they show in the videos. It might seem boring , but understanding how color works will help you in the long run with any future paintings. And not just paintings ...if you knit , crochet , sew or do scrapbooking /graphic design it helps to know what colors complement each other and work well together.

For now it's time for download links.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jxmd94rto6d8esr/sr_magicalseas_ele5.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/9q5k0bwf3gcb3d9/sr_magicalseas_ele6.zip/file

We have one more link next weekend and I throw in a couple of Quickpages as well.
So until next week -stay creative :)

Hugs Snowy