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loregoddess · 9 months ago

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not to be a pretentious art grad student, bc I know most of the art tutorials that circulate the interwebs were made in good faith by self-taught artists, but nothing changed my perspective and use of color the same way reading "not all blues are cool, and not all yellows are warm" (that is, there are cool and warm colors, but every possible hue has a warm and cool variant), which I read in Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes by Rob Alexander. the book did not actually help me with drawing or painting landscapes or cityscapes, but it was packed full of the best breakdown of art basics that I've ever come across anywhere and still made me a better artist as a result

#being self-taught is tough bc there are a million different art books out there but like #some of them are actually good I promise #I know using online tutorials is easier and cheaper but sometimes an actual published book offers better advice #like it's a stupid pet peeve but I promise if you stop thinking of red-orange-yellow as warm and green-blue-purple as cool #color theory becomes so much easier #there's also a really great book about the science and cultural history of color called #The Secret Language of Color by Eckstut and Eckstut and this book is also super useful #like sure it's not aimed at artists but if you understand how light and color work on a scientific level it makes art easier #oracle of lore

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