Publishers Weekly

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq7NttsAd4n0ClamF1jqZ80eRc6r1ymxA0qKFPjMQesDSnW1cy9bYcSS6bSgFRfQR7z7FyLBNlNVMgz55P97xIbHjTWjDmnRBfrT88uj3CJfHart6xp6VQeLzO8qgTwbUW9Ar5-TjU4g/s1600/Publishers+Weekly.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq7NttsAd4n0ClamF1jqZ80eRc6r1ymxA0qKFPjMQesDSnW1cy9bYcSS6bSgFRfQR7z7FyLBNlNVMgz55P97xIbHjTWjDmnRBfrT88uj3CJfHart6xp6VQeLzO8qgTwbUW9Ar5-TjU4g/s1600/Publishers+Weekly.GIF" /></a></div>Thanks to Marc Schultz and <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/47221-dinotopia-s-gurney-draws-on-blog-for-newest-hit.html">Publishers Weekly</a> for the nice article today on how <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light</i></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Imaginative-Realism-Paint-Doesnt-Exist/dp/0740785508/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2"><i>Imaginative Realism</i></a> have been nurtured by the loyalty and enthusiasm of GurneyJourney blog readers.<br /><br />"Every book is, in an intimate sense, a circular letter to the friends of him who writes it. They alone take his meaning; they find private messages, assurances of love, and expressions of gratitude dropped for them in every corner. The public is but a generous patron who defrays the postage." <br /><div style="text-align: right;">—Robert Louis Stevenson</div><br /><a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/47221-dinotopia-s-gurney-draws-on-blog-for-newest-hit.html">"Dinotopia's Gurney Draws on Blog for Newest Hit," Publishers Weekly, May 16</a><br /><br />Related posts on GurneyJourney:<br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-about-book.html">How About a Book? </a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-i-wrote-imaginative-realism.html">Why I Wrote Imaginative Realism </a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/01/color-and-light-book.html">Cover Poll / Color and Light Book</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/01/cover-poll-results.html">Cover Poll Results</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/01/more-about-new-book.html">More about the New Book</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/03/meanwhile-somewhere-in-pacific-ocean.html">Meanwhile, Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean</a><br />------- <br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Get a signed copy of either book from the Dinotopia Store</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719?ie=UTF8&tag=gurnjour-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0740797719" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> from Amazon<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Imaginative-Realism-Paint-Doesnt-Exist/dp/0740785508?ie=UTF8&tag=gurnjour-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0740785508" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> from Amazon

Publishers Weekly

Thanks to Marc Schultz and Publishers Weekly for the nice article today on how Color and Light and Imaginative Realism have been nurtured...

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Color wheel masking in Italian

For those of you who are more comfortable reading in Italian, Alessandro Pedroni has <a href="http://www.praticalarte.com/2011/05/13/armonie-di-colori-con-il-metodo-della-mascheratura-della-ruota-dei-colori-part-1/">begun a series of posts</a> about the color wheel masking method on his blog PracticaL'Arte.<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7hygw-CClLV473Y0Z8shgyXe_Uh2A2yyAG8800j-H1VNhGLvwtBWsbczH1H96ufD_noeG-0yEB-9TWjIMpeSBz14qIQfpag01W8zFiQq_XUegB_LcOoA7PwhndpM3kOIsAkCBiQdv2o/s1600/Color+Wheel+Masking+in+Italian.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7hygw-CClLV473Y0Z8shgyXe_Uh2A2yyAG8800j-H1VNhGLvwtBWsbczH1H96ufD_noeG-0yEB-9TWjIMpeSBz14qIQfpag01W8zFiQq_XUegB_LcOoA7PwhndpM3kOIsAkCBiQdv2o/s400/Color+Wheel+Masking+in+Italian.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.praticalarte.com/2011/05/13/armonie-di-colori-con-il-metodo-della-mascheratura-della-ruota-dei-colori-part-1/">Color Wheel Masking on PracticaL'Arte</a><br /> -----<br />Previously on GurneyJourney:<br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/04/gamut-masking-tool.html">A digital gamut masking tool </a><br /><i> Series on rethinking the color wheel:</i><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-wheel-part-1.html">Part 1: Wrapping the Spectrum</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-wheel-part-2.html">Part 2: Primaries and Secondaries</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-wheel-part-3.html">Part 3: Complements, Afterimages, and Chroma</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-wheel-part-4.html">Part 4: Problems with the Traditional Wheel</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-wheel-part-5.html">Part 5: The Munsell System</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-wheel-part-6.html">Part 6: Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow</a><br /> <i>Series on gamut mapping and masking:</i><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/color-wheel-masking-part-1.html">Color Wheel Masking (Part 1)</a> <br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/02/shapes-of-color-schemes.html">The Shapes of Color Schemes (Part 2)</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/02/from-mask-to-palette.html">Gamut Masking "From Mask to Palette"(Part 3)</a><br />------<br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light </i></a>signed from<a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"> the Dinotopia Store</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light</i></a> on Amazon internationally: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_?ie=UTF8&s=books">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo0c-20">CA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo-21">UK</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo08-21">FR</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo01-21">DE</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parkablogs-22">JP</a>

Color wheel masking in Italian

For those of you who are more comfortable reading in Italian, Alessandro Pedroni has begun a series of posts about the color wheel masking ...

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Color Theory in Action

Jason Dowd, an instructor at the <a href="http://www.lagunacollege.edu/faculty_bio.php?dept=5&facultyid=11&sub=4">Laguna College of Art</a>, asked his students to paint color wheels for his Composition and Color class. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJd2VXWznlIoGkDe9f9f4-Z_Pg_h3rtNYRS7v6KYS8qUpHdCLMmXA9ibmxAHYdaW5HxFMDD_yJIjx0_IzL7zipS_NNFFzlTE8j5le0OlSKMGKTu3nq41G_o8bJzzOsGb18YkcNdamd9w/s1600/Dowd_Class_LCAD.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJd2VXWznlIoGkDe9f9f4-Z_Pg_h3rtNYRS7v6KYS8qUpHdCLMmXA9ibmxAHYdaW5HxFMDD_yJIjx0_IzL7zipS_NNFFzlTE8j5le0OlSKMGKTu3nq41G_o8bJzzOsGb18YkcNdamd9w/s400/Dowd_Class_LCAD.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />They placed the high chroma colors on the outside edge, stepping down to gray at the center. They then explored the gamut masking method outlined in my book <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light</i></a> to generate color schemes and to analyze classical paintings.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GZ9BLMxyCTiShPolYn8TdAepNRY0S7s2gKD0w_6ic5fAYugpsrNqKnGwhrEftUXhgDeRFahy86ZKKOIeMTSIuQCe4xnaTiXi1p4DAwhUGu9qX1hUYOaWY6pqdlop9bf_l7NsBuZjJ4o/s1600/Bouguereau_Copy_LCAD.sm.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GZ9BLMxyCTiShPolYn8TdAepNRY0S7s2gKD0w_6ic5fAYugpsrNqKnGwhrEftUXhgDeRFahy86ZKKOIeMTSIuQCe4xnaTiXi1p4DAwhUGu9qX1hUYOaWY6pqdlop9bf_l7NsBuZjJ4o/s320/Bouguereau_Copy_LCAD.sm.jpg" width="194" /></a>Isabelle Moore carefully considered the color gamut before executing this magnificent master copy of the "Harvester" by William Adolphe Bouguereau.<br /><br />If other instructors are doing class projects based on ideas in <i>Color and Light,</i> please send me photos (jgurneyart at yahoo.com) and I’ll share them on the blog. <br /><br />And if you want to assign <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light </i></a>as your course guide, please let me know. At the Dinotopia Store, we can offer you discounts on group orders, and I can sign them for each of your students.<br /><br />--------<br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Dinotopia Store</a><br /><a href="http://www.lagunacollege.edu/">Laguna College of Art (LCAD)</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/10/laguna-college-of-art-and-design.html">Previously on GJ: a visit to LCAD   </a>

Color Theory in Action

Jason Dowd, an instructor at the Laguna College of Art , asked his students to paint color wheels for his Composition and Color class. They ...

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Book Trailer Winner

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1fnMJgUkQpQ" width="480"></iframe><br />Congratulations to <a href="http://www.updike.org/gallery/">Jared Updike</a>, who was voted the winner of the <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Color and Light</a> video contest by the reader poll at left.  Jared will receive the actual book that appears in the “<a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/02/painting-rainbows.html">Painting Rainbows video</a>” plus another book of his choice. <br /><br />And thanks to all the other entrants: Ana, Roger, Eric, and Christian, each of whom will receive a free signed book from the <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Dinotopia Store</a>. And thanks to all of you who voted!<br />------ <br />Order <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books">"Color and Light" from Amazon. </a><br /><iframe class=" pmohzmzuoxgrhubstcvu pmohzmzuoxgrhubstcvu" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=gurnjour-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0740797719&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/05/book-trailer-results.html">See all five entrants to the contest. </a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/11/book-trailer-contest.html"><br /><i></i></a>

Book Trailer Winner

Congratulations to Jared Updike , who was voted the winner of the Color and Light video contest by the reader poll at left.  Jared will rec...

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Book Trailer Results

We received fantastic entries for the <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light</i></a> Book Trailer Contest. I couldn’t resist sharing them with you now so that you can help decide the grand prize winner. <br /><br />Please watch them all and vote for your favorite in the poll at left.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1sBFFYEx42I" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.supervillainanimation.blogspot.com/">Eric (SuperVillain)</a><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="290" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ge9Z-2-e4Ao" width="480"></iframe><br /><a href="http://christianschlierkamp.de/">Christian Schlierkamp</a>, completed with the help of Kilian, Karim, Maite, Luis, Leon, and Dominik, ages 9-12. Animation workshop organized by <a href="http://www.jkn-berlin.de/">JKN Berlin.</a><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="290" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C_FQtInrKvQ" width="480"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.anahesselbart.com/">Ana Hesselbart</a><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1fnMJgUkQpQ" width="480"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.updike.org/gallery/">Jared Updike  </a><br /><br />Note on prizes: In addition to the signed poster, I’ve decided to give every entry a free signed book of their choice. The poll winner will receive a book of their choice plus the actual book that appears in the “<a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/02/painting-rainbows.html">Painting Rainbows video</a>.” <br /><br />Be sure to follow the links on the names to learn more about each of the contestants. Thanks to everyone who entered, and thanks for voting.<br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Order <i>Color and Light</i> from the Dinotopia Store</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books">Order C&L from Amazon </a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/11/book-trailer-contest.html">See the book trailer contest winners for <i>Imaginative Realism </i></a>

Book Trailer Results

We received fantastic entries for the Color and Light Book Trailer Contest. I couldn’t resist sharing them with you now so that you can hel...

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Indian Paint Pots

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Uu7db-IlI6UFhOFiMmgyxls2ab3Nt20KTTFbMaC2JK0Ybs1-ZMgxgnGy79aMOzNk6pxkpJeOco1APoMhyphenhyphenD6ylf7kuH0tD7fx_Ep2BVpBG2bAPs_dHjTvHKiv9Akv1Uxl1ooRub3QKDg/s1600/Indian_Paint_Pots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>If you stroll along the rocky beaches of the north shore of Long Island, New York, you can sometimes find what locals call “Indian paint pots.”<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Uu7db-IlI6UFhOFiMmgyxls2ab3Nt20KTTFbMaC2JK0Ybs1-ZMgxgnGy79aMOzNk6pxkpJeOco1APoMhyphenhyphenD6ylf7kuH0tD7fx_Ep2BVpBG2bAPs_dHjTvHKiv9Akv1Uxl1ooRub3QKDg/s1600/Indian_Paint_Pots.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Uu7db-IlI6UFhOFiMmgyxls2ab3Nt20KTTFbMaC2JK0Ybs1-ZMgxgnGy79aMOzNk6pxkpJeOco1APoMhyphenhyphenD6ylf7kuH0tD7fx_Ep2BVpBG2bAPs_dHjTvHKiv9Akv1Uxl1ooRub3QKDg/s400/Indian_Paint_Pots.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Also called "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematite">hematites</a>," they’re chunks of iron ore conveniently encased in a saucer of rock. Sometimes the wave action has broken them open. If you wet the rusty iron oxide and scrub it with a toothbrush or a bristle paintbrush, you’ve got a very permanent dull orange pigment. Mix in a bit of gum arabic or acrylic medium or linseed oil, and you’ve got paint.<br /><br />As far back as art’s cave-painting days, iron oxide has been a common and reliable pigment universally available to artists. That’s why brownish reds and oranges appear in all prehistoric art traditions. The best iron oxides were dug out of natural open pits in Siena, Italy, which gave its name (adding an extra “n”) to burnt sienna and raw sienna.<br /><br />More on pigments (like what can you make from cysts on a whelk?) from<a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"> <i>Color and Light,</i></a> page 90. Don’t forget that this coming Sunday is the deadline for the <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-trailer-contest.html">Book Trailer Video contest.</a> Make your own quick video about the book and your art, get it seen by thousands, and if you get voted one of the finalists, you’ll win a signed and remarqued book.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6125183">Indian paint pots at auction</a>

Indian Paint Pots

If you stroll along the rocky beaches of the north shore of Long Island, New York, you can sometimes find what locals call “Indian paint pot...

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Fantasy Art Article

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTxLRzZdK3HEoBarCAOZi67YeHDKsI0_CGkiwbIbK7jteYVs2zC5RYtHEvJ2bx_U9Gg37a63Ob99LK-uNmrS44H5-uIBBtXZEiHIWf2s8mPG6_-reQ2LlhAVIJDyHgUBMOXz1QFqyQjw/s1600/FantasyArtMag2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTxLRzZdK3HEoBarCAOZi67YeHDKsI0_CGkiwbIbK7jteYVs2zC5RYtHEvJ2bx_U9Gg37a63Ob99LK-uNmrS44H5-uIBBtXZEiHIWf2s8mPG6_-reQ2LlhAVIJDyHgUBMOXz1QFqyQjw/s400/FantasyArtMag2011.jpg" width="293" /></a></div>Fantasy Art Magazine from Beijing, China has just published an 8-page interview feature on my new book <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light. </i></a><br /><br />The magazine also contains work by <a href="http://www.johnbolton.com/">John Bolton</a>, <a href="http://www.vincentdifate.com/">Vincent DiFate</a>, <a href="http://www.chrisbeatrice.com/">Chris Beatrice</a>, <a href="http://christianpearce.blogspot.com/">Christian Pearce</a>, and <a href="http://www.grechanyk.com/">Igor Grechanyk</a>.<br /><br />The image on the cover is "Alpine Princess," which I did as a portfolio piece, and was used as the cover for the science fiction novel "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55422932@N06/5514993666/">Zanzibar Cat" by Joanna Russ.</a>

Fantasy Art Article

Fantasy Art Magazine from Beijing, China has just published an 8-page interview feature on my new book Color and Light. The magazine also co...

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Rocket Plume

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqrlcrdfmp7bFQaJcwdXFkx6SGpSQtBeUzCcGI-wNvS9kRw60qniEoLnXvueu1GEUvbuHu0QJmNiAxG0oMdcWUIFeO-FA7WkjDJs5JKe_Jkccqm6QGCdxZA3nD6hCD9Susy-N7ok3stw/s1600/Rocket_PLume.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>This photograph shows the vapor plume from a space shuttle rising up into the evening sky. It illustrates several important points about the interaction of light and atmosphere.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqrlcrdfmp7bFQaJcwdXFkx6SGpSQtBeUzCcGI-wNvS9kRw60qniEoLnXvueu1GEUvbuHu0QJmNiAxG0oMdcWUIFeO-FA7WkjDJs5JKe_Jkccqm6QGCdxZA3nD6hCD9Susy-N7ok3stw/s1600/Rocket_PLume.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqrlcrdfmp7bFQaJcwdXFkx6SGpSQtBeUzCcGI-wNvS9kRw60qniEoLnXvueu1GEUvbuHu0QJmNiAxG0oMdcWUIFeO-FA7WkjDJs5JKe_Jkccqm6QGCdxZA3nD6hCD9Susy-N7ok3stw/s400/Rocket_PLume.sm.jpg" width="290" /></a><br />The sun has just set behind us, and it’s six degrees below the horizon. Most of the plume is in the “earth shadow,” not touched by direct sunlight. As you follow the plume upward into the higher altitudes, it catches the light of the setting sun, first red, then orange, yellow, and finally white as you go miles above the earth. <br /><br />The red colors come from sunlight that has traveled through the longest stretch of the earth’s atmosphere. The color of the sun itself goes through a similar color progression as it sets. Sunlight traveling on a near tangent to the surface of the Earth has had the most blue light scattered or removed from each ray, leaving the red color. <br /><br />The moon is a few hours from full, and is therefore almost 180 degrees opposite the sun at the antisolar point. The plume is casting a <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/12/shadowbeams.html">shadowbeam</a>  through the illuminated atmosphere. That shadow points directly toward the antisolar point. You can think of the dark line as a slice of unilluminated vapor seen edge-on. If that slice were completely unilluminated, we'd see stars through it.<br /><br />It’s a good reminder that the light blue color of the sky is merely “the blue dome of the sky itself is really a semitransparent film of air interposed over the blackness of space.” <br />------<br />(These points are further explained and illustrated in <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light,</i></a> page 176, 180, and 190).<br />Image from <a href="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/shuttle.htm"><i>Atmospheric Optics</i></a>.<br />Previously on GJ: <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/12/shadowbeams.html">Shadowbeams</a>

Rocket Plume

This photograph shows the vapor plume from a space shuttle rising up into the evening sky. It illustrates several important points about the...

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Envelope Art Contest

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo81a1WTkZoV4MCClZ1NAxAlXhbphiJBUmAe1KsqcQ4SEDA0PCZX1XkR2l898rhfUuhyiWmx1lszGgAE9yKqbHeR-HGX3z-WOv9Ev1dK2J2L8aV2hRZbF2kDYizK5yHKj6seags7b0VuA/s1600/Envelope_Art_Contest.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>After yesterday’s post, several of you suggested a gallery or contest of envelope art, and I think it’s a great idea. So let’s do it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo81a1WTkZoV4MCClZ1NAxAlXhbphiJBUmAe1KsqcQ4SEDA0PCZX1XkR2l898rhfUuhyiWmx1lszGgAE9yKqbHeR-HGX3z-WOv9Ev1dK2J2L8aV2hRZbF2kDYizK5yHKj6seags7b0VuA/s1600/Envelope_Art_Contest.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo81a1WTkZoV4MCClZ1NAxAlXhbphiJBUmAe1KsqcQ4SEDA0PCZX1XkR2l898rhfUuhyiWmx1lszGgAE9yKqbHeR-HGX3z-WOv9Ev1dK2J2L8aV2hRZbF2kDYizK5yHKj6seags7b0VuA/s400/Envelope_Art_Contest.1.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />1. Decorate a standard size #10 envelope. It could be any style, subject, or medium.<br />2. Address it to “Envelope Art Contest, <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">The Dinotopia Store</a>, PO Box 693, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.” <br />3. If it’s part of a store order, I’ll ship your stuff and set your envelope aside for the contest. All USA entrants will receive a signed Color and Light poster. Artists from other countries are eligible too.<br />4. Entries must be postmarked by <strike>May 30, 2011. </strike><span style="color: red;">June 1</span> (due to May 29 and 30 being postal holidays).<br />5. On June 10, I’ll post all the entries on the GurneyJourney blog. You’ll vote on them in a blog poll.<br />6. PRIZES: The winning entrant will receive a set of signed and remarqued posters: (<a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/08/mystery-artist.html">Color and Light</a>, Imaginative Realism, Journey to Chandara, and the <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/06/dinotopia-at-norton-museum-of-art.html">Norton Museum show poster.</a>) The second and third place finishers will get signed and remarqued "Color and Light" and "Imaginative Realism" posters.<br />7. People of any age, and any level of experience can enter. If you're 17 or younger, please write your age on the back of the envelope.<br />8. If you’re not sending a <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">store</a> order, you can just send a decorated envelope.<br />9. Entries can't be returned. All art becomes the property of BDSP, Inc. You’ll be credited on the blog with your website if you like (write that on the back of the envelope). If you don’t want your return address shown, please write it on the back of the envelope, or else I can blur it out.<br /><br />Incidentally, can anyone guess who illustrated the envelope above? Hint: it’s a top animator at a big studio, drawn in 2003 when he was a first year art student.

Envelope Art Contest

After yesterday’s post, several of you suggested a gallery or contest of envelope art, and I think it’s a great idea. So let’s do it. 1. Dec...

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"Color and Light" News

<div class="yiv577685696MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The reprint of my new book, <i><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter,</a> </i>arrived in the warehouse earlier this week. However, because the wholesale orders were so heavy, the second printing immediately sold out of the warehouse at the wholesale level. The third printing is on another ship scheduled to arrive on <strike>April 23.</strike></span><span style="font-size: small;"> May 23.</span></div><div class="yiv577685696MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br /><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;">We’ve got our new shipment </span><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;">at the <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Dinotopia Store </a></span><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;">today, so we have plenty of copies here.</span></div><div class="yiv577685696MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNu7PCywKvF1pcGVPDoeNofwJNHLUCoHgZS1KDpLchupDsJWKkfXOhOQZIE0OuI-8VUmXf_5dTPQaVTSypUpEoZlnB_gfh3sAmgirUriU2w5WxVwRkwiTTdtxmkdJvsbDLp6BPjFKzcts/s1600/Envelope_Art.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNu7PCywKvF1pcGVPDoeNofwJNHLUCoHgZS1KDpLchupDsJWKkfXOhOQZIE0OuI-8VUmXf_5dTPQaVTSypUpEoZlnB_gfh3sAmgirUriU2w5WxVwRkwiTTdtxmkdJvsbDLp6BPjFKzcts/s400/Envelope_Art.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;">I’d like to thank all the customers who have been ordering signed copies from our little store. Some of you have drawn amazing pictures on your envelopes. Thanks, Tiovo, Raymond, and everyone else. I also really appreciate the personal notes some of you have written. You are all on amazing artistic journeys.<br /><br />I’ll be extending my offer to do the <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/02/painting-rainbows.html">painted rainbows with sketches of dinosaurs</a> in everyone’s books through the months of April and May. <br /><br />Don’t forget that there’s a <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-trailer-contest.html">contest for blog readers</a> to create a short video about the <i>Color and Light </i>book. It can be about something you’ve learned from the book, or you can use the chance to show off some of your own artwork. It’s pretty open-ended—it just has to mention or show the book and it has to be less than three minutes. All entries will be posted on the blog. And there are prizes. <br />---------<br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Order <i>Color and Light</i> or <i>Imaginative Realism</i> signed at Dinotopia.com  </a> </span></div><div class="yiv577685696MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Note: We regret that our online store can serve only USA customers. Sorry for the inconvenience for those who can’t get copies. Retailers: there is currently some stock at Ingram and Baker & Taylor. </span></div><div class="yiv577685696MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv577685696MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: small;">  </span></div>

"Color and Light" News

The reprint of my new book, Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter, arrived in the warehouse earlier this week. However, because ...

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How to get a feeling of misty light

This painting from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dinotopia-Journey-Chandara-James-Gurney/dp/0740764314/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_4"><i>Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara</i></a> uses a simple device. The subject is placed in a high-key silhouette near the sun. The silhouette colors shift to warm hues as they approach the sun. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2IMLOLawJ0dIWgeu_vSGiCEh7aNx8T_mHQ15tgBrRhaacX3688JI-opHdN39v0GxqMJUsBPmSu0ktywQin-8L6dkTugEg_a7UAlgEWaxQ0802fZPTJS3nk5cVdW6fqqqcs90kO2npzI/s1600/FERRY+CROSSING.det.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2IMLOLawJ0dIWgeu_vSGiCEh7aNx8T_mHQ15tgBrRhaacX3688JI-opHdN39v0GxqMJUsBPmSu0ktywQin-8L6dkTugEg_a7UAlgEWaxQ0802fZPTJS3nk5cVdW6fqqqcs90kO2npzI/s400/FERRY+CROSSING.det.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />The color corona around the sun spills over and influences both the colors of the sky and the silhouette colors. The color mixtures are actually fairly low-chroma (not very saturated), but you can get a feeling of great brilliancy this way. This is very easy to do in digital, but it takes a bit of deliberate planning in paint.<br /><br />A silhouette treatment is good to use in a sequential work like an illustrated book, comic book, or animated film, especially if you want to give the viewer a break from looking at a lot of detail.<br /><br />Good rule of thumb: the most brilliant impressions of light are achieved in paintings when looking toward, not away from the light source.<br />----<br />Previously:<a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/03/color-corona.html"> Color Corona</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light, </i></a>page 166-167.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dinotopia-Journey-Chandara-James-Gurney/dp/0740764314/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_4"><i>Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara</i></a>

How to get a feeling of misty light

This painting from Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara uses a simple device. The subject is placed in a high-key silhouette near the sun. The si...

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Atmospheric Perspective in IA #77

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfE5uADJgldqKrXfoDxQnFM2Hz_zfWRyRopy7XWM8Ut3mrdgLQFTcGRJguvgRSbV5T9fQnHHiMNSv3VjMnN3sc0l1uuHmd6ahAHXdoc_U-EI95SBrEh1F18FIDQCClsUnF_Vy6l6HkSAA/s1600/International_Artist_Gurney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>The brand new issue of <a href="http://www.international-artist.com/splash.aspx">International Artist</a> includes a feature that I wrote about the laws behind atmospheric perspective.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfE5uADJgldqKrXfoDxQnFM2Hz_zfWRyRopy7XWM8Ut3mrdgLQFTcGRJguvgRSbV5T9fQnHHiMNSv3VjMnN3sc0l1uuHmd6ahAHXdoc_U-EI95SBrEh1F18FIDQCClsUnF_Vy6l6HkSAA/s1600/International_Artist_Gurney.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfE5uADJgldqKrXfoDxQnFM2Hz_zfWRyRopy7XWM8Ut3mrdgLQFTcGRJguvgRSbV5T9fQnHHiMNSv3VjMnN3sc0l1uuHmd6ahAHXdoc_U-EI95SBrEh1F18FIDQCClsUnF_Vy6l6HkSAA/s400/International_Artist_Gurney.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />This is a basic principle used by every landscape painter, but there's more to it that meets the eye, so to speak. For example, the old rule "warm colors advance, cool colors recede" is only half true.<br /><br />The article contains three images not included in my book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light. </i></a>Published for the first time is a plein air study from the north rim of the Grand Canyon and a Hudson Valley vista painted on location at Oak Hill.<br />---<br /><a href="http://www.international-artist.com/splash.aspx">International Artist magazine</a>

Atmospheric Perspective in IA #77

The brand new issue of International Artist includes a feature that I wrote about the laws behind atmospheric perspective.   This is a basi...

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Meanwhile, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean....

I’ve been hearing this a lot: “Dear James, I placed an order for<i> <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Color and Light</a> </i>a month ago from an online seller. They told me they tried to procure it from other sources, including distributors and bookstores. Unfortunately, they were unable to do so and have cancelled my order."<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMQQQ_xQF8BwVxJSuC1VDwV0aoZdvtsbBi-Ax7HbLROyXLKhgRtx3lp8-wz69cd5-J7io48M-y3mhdlflseeuUwj7E2OpwqB9mp7WpxKXnT1x4wGM9SO6xgj45pSEbaZaPEwiVz2sPt0/s1600/Color.Light.Reprint.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMQQQ_xQF8BwVxJSuC1VDwV0aoZdvtsbBi-Ax7HbLROyXLKhgRtx3lp8-wz69cd5-J7io48M-y3mhdlflseeuUwj7E2OpwqB9mp7WpxKXnT1x4wGM9SO6xgj45pSEbaZaPEwiVz2sPt0/s400/Color.Light.Reprint.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />If you are having a hard time getting a copy of <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light</i> or<i> Imaginative Realism</i></a>, here’s why. The demand for both books has been so overwhelming that the supply ran out at the warehouse before the publisher expected. <br /><br />Never fear: a few days ago, reprints of both books were loaded onto a ship in Hong Kong and they’re now in transit.<br /><br />Unfortunately it’s the proverbial Slow Boat from China. The publisher told me yesterday that the shipment is expected to arrive at the U.S. distribution warehouse on April 4 (assuming the ship doesn’t get held up by art pirates). So those books won’t make it into your hands for at least a month. If you’re the patient type, don't worry, hang in there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhOivqXFukKETeDFM9DEERduVpodZdZf1s01M97V32byYDFATfBTX3Ltmrn-fuDMc1k6FLuF6net9pRMsSlpgjx4sQ2-lhY9L7_9Xt7QIn4vL0FYy11Vga6G9D0fYYVKf7_B_bqkY3kA/s1600/Rainbow_Remarque.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhOivqXFukKETeDFM9DEERduVpodZdZf1s01M97V32byYDFATfBTX3Ltmrn-fuDMc1k6FLuF6net9pRMsSlpgjx4sQ2-lhY9L7_9Xt7QIn4vL0FYy11Vga6G9D0fYYVKf7_B_bqkY3kA/s200/Rainbow_Remarque.JPG" width="200" /></a><br />Alternately, at our little mail order store at <a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">The Dinotopia Store </a>we have a good supply of both books, enough to hold out through this month, I hope. If your big online retailer hasn’t already shipped, U.S. customers can cancel their order and get the book directly from us instead. For the month of March, I’ll reward your patience by signing each book and doing an original rainbow sketch in each copy. Limit one of each book per customer, please.<br /><br />Sorry, I can’t ship overseas due to all the hassles with high shipping costs, currency conversions, customs forms, and losses.  If you are an international customer, may I suggest that you have an American Facebook friend place the order for you in the USA, and then you can arrange to have them send the book to you. People have done that before and they get a book and a friend.<br />-------<br />Previously<br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/01/meanwhile-at-printer.html">Meanwhile, At the Printer</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/02/painting-rainbows.html">Painted Rainbows Video</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/search?q=painting+rainbows">Book Trailer Contest</a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/special-delivery.html">Special Delivery Video</a> (showing how we do our orders)

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean....

I’ve been hearing this a lot: “Dear James, I placed an order for Color and Light a month ago from an online seller. They told me they trie...

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Reader's Poll Finalist

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light</i></a> has been nominated as a finalist in About.com's "Reader's Choice" Awards. If you have a moment, <a href="http://painting.about.com/library/bl_2011-readers-choice-awards-form.htm">please click over to the poll </a>and give it your vote! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXYHEhRpjGIqP3H7Vpci5rWkrP5s1LSpQEF5LuQbfsygVEezFgwgiAnM6adFR9HozFauP_DpfRfiMMkXg28OrzQTIDAIUFYJ9o8v-IjXUK_0MUFU8pG6jFWQzx7yrxoBaT4juCP1DHFw/s1600/Color_Light_Cover.RCFinalist.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXYHEhRpjGIqP3H7Vpci5rWkrP5s1LSpQEF5LuQbfsygVEezFgwgiAnM6adFR9HozFauP_DpfRfiMMkXg28OrzQTIDAIUFYJ9o8v-IjXUK_0MUFU8pG6jFWQzx7yrxoBaT4juCP1DHFw/s200/Color_Light_Cover.RCFinalist.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><br />You can also vote for your favorite art materials and art magazine. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXYHEhRpjGIqP3H7Vpci5rWkrP5s1LSpQEF5LuQbfsygVEezFgwgiAnM6adFR9HozFauP_DpfRfiMMkXg28OrzQTIDAIUFYJ9o8v-IjXUK_0MUFU8pG6jFWQzx7yrxoBaT4juCP1DHFw/s1600/Color_Light_Cover.RCFinalist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div>

Reader's Poll Finalist

Color and Light has been nominated as a finalist in About.com's "Reader's Choice" Awards. If you have a moment, please cl...

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New Reviews of Color and Light

If you’re still undecided about whether to pick up a copy of my new book,<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i> Color and Light, </i></a>I understand. I’m the same way. I end up deliberating for a long time before buying a book. For you, I offer this post to see if a couple of new reviews might gently push you over the edge.<br /><br />My favorite mini-review comes from a reader named Amanda R.: "James: In a world of art-instruction seafood buffets, I thank you for teaching me how to fish.” Amanda, you got what I was trying to do!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwlfFrQglg0HQ3SDP6OG0INdwpE9i_C171bMy3wfVmPNq1Wp6Ww1cEw5WcjbocLfGLsGMTgSUk8ghSFRqhhzs4M9ZJQs6O-ZXdTvXjcuPQpijXDvPkU1rU9-pciHTOdvlhcAQ_Kt2i34/s1600/International+Artist+Review+Color+Light.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwlfFrQglg0HQ3SDP6OG0INdwpE9i_C171bMy3wfVmPNq1Wp6Ww1cEw5WcjbocLfGLsGMTgSUk8ghSFRqhhzs4M9ZJQs6O-ZXdTvXjcuPQpijXDvPkU1rU9-pciHTOdvlhcAQ_Kt2i34/s400/International+Artist+Review+Color+Light.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />In the current issue of <a href="http://www.international-artist.com/splash.aspx"><i>International Artist</i></a> magazine, there’s a longer review that goes into some detail: <br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Setting the Standard</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"James Gurney’s new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter,</i></a><br />is the book every artist has been waiting for One of the first things that is evident from James Gurney’s new book is that what the illustration world gained in Gurney’s successful career as the creator of the Dinotopia series, the fine art world lost. Gurney’s landscape, cityscapes and figurative paintings—many of which are included in the book to illustrate each section—are masterworks in their own right and he could easily be represented by any of the top realist galleries in New York if he chose that career instead. <br /><br />"While many artist books end up being more vanity than content, Gurney’s book breaks down Color and Light in a way that I’ve never seen before. <br /><br />"Gurney is able to get to explain the scientific aspects of color, light and shadow without becoming preachy or academic. In fact, his method of explaining even the most complex painting terms and techniques is simple, to the point and accessible to artists of all skill levels. Gurney’s inquisitive mind and personal desire to understand even the most difficult artistic concerns is what really drives the book. <br /><br />"For example, instead of offering just a general discussion of shadows within a landscape or still life painting, Color and Light, breaks it down into smaller, manageable chapters on the separation of light and shadow, half shadows, occlusion shadows, three-quarter lighting, frontal lighting, edge lighting, light from below and even Contre Jour — a type of backlighting where a subject blocks the light. <br /><br />"Gurney’s take on these topics is refreshing as, instead of falling back on overly technical explanations of such effects, he offers accessible and easy to use explanations aimed at actually helping an artist solve problems that come up during the painting process. <br /><br />"For example, when discussing Frontal Lighting, Gurney offers this advice: “It’s a good lighting to choose if you want to emphasize local color or pattern—to feature a fashion or costume, for instance.” This is the type of sound, straight forward advice that Gurney offers throughout the book.<br /><br />"Gurney’s understanding and mastery of light is only equaled by his explanation of color in the second half of the book. His pigment wheel is a true work of science and understanding, with pigments charted by hue, value, chroma and CIECAM hue angles. Gurney has a lot to say on color and asks artists to rethink the color wheel. <br /><br />"To him, there are many problems with both the traditional color wheel and the Munsell System. He believes that the idea that red, yellow and blue are the primary colors is something that should be questioned. To him, any of the “infinite hues on the outer rim of the gradating wheel could make an equal claim as a primary.”<br /><br />"Gurney’s proposition is to replace these older and problematic models with what he calls the “YURMBY” wheel. In this new version of the color wheel, the RGB is placed evenly between CMY to create a universal color wheel. For Gurney, the six equal primary colors then become yellow, red,magenta, blue, cyan and green.<br /><br />"Every chapter in <i>Color and Light</i> serves a specific purpose and all of it is useful, valid, and tried and true methods of understanding how one can create three-dimensional images on a two-dimensional surface. His discussion of what he terms lightfastness—the resistance given pigment to fading as a result of expose to light, is an indication of the level he has gone to accurately explain all aspects of the painting process.<br /><br />"At twelve complete chapters and over 200 pages, <i>Color and Light </i>is destined to become the new standard for artists from beginners to even the experienced artist looking to hone their skills or pick up authoritative information on any of the multitude of problems that an oil painter may encounter while practicing their craft. <br /><br />"Even the index is useful — with a detailed glossary of terms, a comprehensive list of pigments and their properties (complete with a list of historic and not-recommended pigments) and finally a carefully thought out list of recommended reading (with titles ranging from Goethe to Ruskin and John Stobart) and internet resources."</span></div><br />-----<br />More about <a href="http://www.international-artist.com/splash.aspx"><i>International Artist </i></a>Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/product-reviews/0740797719/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1">24 Amazon Customer Reviews </a>

New Reviews of Color and Light

If you’re still undecided about whether to pick up a copy of my new book, Color and Light, I understand. I’m the same way. I end up deliber...

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Drawn Studies for the Space Jockey

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo7b7T5GVMfKCG3E89B5cru_JA8uBeO6rLW-0B9trQ56WcIYeBcXfrXUzhqOU_l9ggU8XXfU_f39_CNkROFthsvXDmx7vOJozJIAS4F2gdOSOFSxviHLSA572hSzIz0TmmUrzlCIVLck/s1600/Space_Jockey_Studies.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Sometimes I think it’s helpful to use several different reference sources for a given figure. For this science fiction cover called Space Jockey (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"><i>Color and Light,</i></a> page 163), I wanted to show a space pilot who seemed to come from the “Right Stuff” era of bold space exploration.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo7b7T5GVMfKCG3E89B5cru_JA8uBeO6rLW-0B9trQ56WcIYeBcXfrXUzhqOU_l9ggU8XXfU_f39_CNkROFthsvXDmx7vOJozJIAS4F2gdOSOFSxviHLSA572hSzIz0TmmUrzlCIVLck/s1600/Space_Jockey_Studies.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo7b7T5GVMfKCG3E89B5cru_JA8uBeO6rLW-0B9trQ56WcIYeBcXfrXUzhqOU_l9ggU8XXfU_f39_CNkROFthsvXDmx7vOJozJIAS4F2gdOSOFSxviHLSA572hSzIz0TmmUrzlCIVLck/s400/Space_Jockey_Studies.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /> Instead of resorting to the camera to take photos of a specific model, I tried to construct the character in my imagination by using a variety of charcoal studies on tone paper. Some are done from my own face in a mirror, lit frontally with a clip-on lamp. I also used a couple of my little plaster head maquettes  as models. The one in the lower left is the simplified plane head  (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Imaginative-Realism-Paint-Doesnt-Exist/dp/0740785508/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2"><i>Imaginative Realism</i></a>, page 69, based on George Bridgman’s analysis) with a “mouth barrel.”<br /><br />In the end I only used photo reference indirectly for some of the costume details, but not for the face and hands. This way of working helps steer me to a more structural understanding, away from a purely photographic look.<br />----------<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"><i>Color and Light </i>on Amazon</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Imaginative-Realism-Paint-Doesnt-Exist/dp/0740785508/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2"><i>Imaginative Realism </i>on Amazon</a><br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html">Or get them signed at the Dinotopia Store</a><br />Previous Posts: <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2007/09/character-maquettes.html">Character Maquettes, </a><br /><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/10/tone-paper-studies.html">Tone paper studies</a>, <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/03/using-photo-reference.html">Using (or not using) Photo Reference</a>

Drawn Studies for the Space Jockey

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WETA Creatures

The digital artists at WETA Digital’s creature department have breathed life into Gollum, King Kong (video below), and the creatures of Avatar. <br /><br /><object height="285" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MzKRWvezu2Y?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MzKRWvezu2Y?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="285"></embed></object><br /><br />They are experts in anatomy. They build creatures from the inside out: skeleton, muscles, skin and hair. Then they apply their knowledge of physics and acting to make their creatures move. <br /><br />Digital creatures must share the stage with live-action actors. They have to perform every kind of movement from a subtle eye twitch to a deadly body slam. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacGSdRhsZbyjbmOKVc7HwkGo084N72dQ27TLpye0Tz3x7MSsQeiwnW7MF_1aBtO3KjDCvAZi_sGd_dUjaiV-f4vCikps_-gNZnS1nUwjxKPyBR9aNk1_CMIb4beHMxhIVaOMbblAq38c/s1600/Weta_Digital_Creature_Team.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacGSdRhsZbyjbmOKVc7HwkGo084N72dQ27TLpye0Tz3x7MSsQeiwnW7MF_1aBtO3KjDCvAZi_sGd_dUjaiV-f4vCikps_-gNZnS1nUwjxKPyBR9aNk1_CMIb4beHMxhIVaOMbblAq38c/s400/Weta_Digital_Creature_Team.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Simon Clutterbuck of WETA’s digital creature department, (click to enlarge/ Photo by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1081581692">Julian Butler</a><a href="http://www.julianbutler.com/">http://www.julianbutler.com/</a>) planned a fun New Year’s gift for their team: a set of 47 signed copies of <i>Color and Light.</i> They went outdoors yesterday in that fine New Zealand summer weather to take this group photo. These artists been living for weeks in the caves with the dragon Smaug so a little sunlight won’t hurt them. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmyhcuyf-mizR7x7rvyDmi-sOKppr2009hwPe_zPnPlgYdKwE9ugjO1abw9obafe0hcji4GbgQctgSA4PXG-VeX6TU1cNA-CYMS_BmU-eHcov8EyWh_HjalSB2c_fZ-h443wJOgfgdG8/s1600/Weta_Stamp.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmyhcuyf-mizR7x7rvyDmi-sOKppr2009hwPe_zPnPlgYdKwE9ugjO1abw9obafe0hcji4GbgQctgSA4PXG-VeX6TU1cNA-CYMS_BmU-eHcov8EyWh_HjalSB2c_fZ-h443wJOgfgdG8/s320/Weta_Stamp.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />Since they ordered such a big batch of books, and since I’m such a huge fan of WETA, I wanted to make the gift extra special. So I carved a unique rubber stamp using craft foam glued to a wood block.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWV8_0s95JksjwvCHhGHrP_mZWatmHbTaFQtAppzUHR6Z7Jj1xcVnHeZtGh4rQvUJp4r3RIuLYgr1Aas-QrLbeL7LJLAW5RexAHhXtUKg-2RkjugTQ33qyaLo-GIYPWTOJORDn5k-Id8/s1600/WETA.Remarque.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWV8_0s95JksjwvCHhGHrP_mZWatmHbTaFQtAppzUHR6Z7Jj1xcVnHeZtGh4rQvUJp4r3RIuLYgr1Aas-QrLbeL7LJLAW5RexAHhXtUKg-2RkjugTQ33qyaLo-GIYPWTOJORDn5k-Id8/s320/WETA.Remarque.sm.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Each book got the custom stamp, as well as a one-of-a-kind creature sketch that I made with pens and colored pencils. I imagined them as the “47 Creatures of Whangakokototoi Island,” —a tiny island off the coast of New Zealand that no one has discovered yet. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxWSnkc_TwtaAxVl03AvYW87bSU29PhYxnnoA8d3FZ0Yl6ldVLyiDsQq9enUEHwQ8VrhmAPiQ6fo-NEQ6FpgqUQuHzgNThmBSgf1v2eVuo_KCAljRQSTR4pQQcgG6juG6FL783sH5GVw/s1600/WETA.Remarque.montage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxWSnkc_TwtaAxVl03AvYW87bSU29PhYxnnoA8d3FZ0Yl6ldVLyiDsQq9enUEHwQ8VrhmAPiQ6fo-NEQ6FpgqUQuHzgNThmBSgf1v2eVuo_KCAljRQSTR4pQQcgG6juG6FL783sH5GVw/s320/WETA.Remarque.montage.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Here’s a sampling of the sketches, about one third of the whole set. Of course I didn’t know what each of the artists looked like, or what sorts of animals they liked, so I just guessed and drew the whatever popped into my head.<br /><br />Simon and Rachael, I thank you. And WETA Creatures, I salute you! <br /><br />If YOU, dear blog reader, are part of a large game company, movie studio, or art school, maybe you can get your department head or club organizer to put together a group purchase of <i>Color and Light</i> or <i>Imaginative Realism.</i> If there are more than 30 books in a single order, I’ll do a some sort of special design for you. Also, with a big order, I can ship internationally.<br />——<i> </i><br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light </i></a>signed from<a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"> the Dinotopia Store</a><br />Questions about group ordering: jgurneyart <at> yahoo.com</at><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light</i></a> on Amazon internationally: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_?ie=UTF8&s=books">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo0c-20">CA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo-21">UK</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo08-21">FR</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo01-21">DE</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parkablogs-22">JP</a><br /><a href="http://www.wetafx.co.nz/">WETA Digital  </a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5OJgTC_WQ">Weta Creature show reel on YouTube</a> (Caution: includes movie violence and disturbing images) <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr293iSdm5o&feature=related">King Kong climbs the Empire State</a>

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Meanwhile, at the Printer

The Japanese edition of Imaginative Realism is on its way. It is being produced by <a href="http://www.borndigital.co.jp/book/detail.php?id=209">Born Digital, </a>one of the finest publishers of science fiction and fantasy art.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_05RiMq94-W70dWwTWMfC4OJWnL9mypoAmdVLzqzjgH9CBm2VFjuV_IKdgjJH4i1H-DgYSKvT6J82HU8Rrs-UqD8VSod0xfLRv1sSrEwZHJvbCO1sTbcinI1djtuonSSz4TyXoxFqMz4/s1600/Japanese_Cover.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_05RiMq94-W70dWwTWMfC4OJWnL9mypoAmdVLzqzjgH9CBm2VFjuV_IKdgjJH4i1H-DgYSKvT6J82HU8Rrs-UqD8VSod0xfLRv1sSrEwZHJvbCO1sTbcinI1djtuonSSz4TyXoxFqMz4/s400/Japanese_Cover.sm.jpg" width="363" /></a><br />Here’s what the cover will look like.<br /><br />And here’s some of the back cover copy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHK3c1ivGznqDOs0X1W-Fqfdt602uB7xFKrSJ8p04Airb4PaMqv2HOCBAyl37K8w1lSgTchnedejGElH5xn_oDlSJODQbBUjLXfEsjLpT4FgSBU6X9_n78Fpgg3hCGbUBI9gWFqxFvEAY/s1600/I.R.Back.Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHK3c1ivGznqDOs0X1W-Fqfdt602uB7xFKrSJ8p04Airb4PaMqv2HOCBAyl37K8w1lSgTchnedejGElH5xn_oDlSJODQbBUjLXfEsjLpT4FgSBU6X9_n78Fpgg3hCGbUBI9gWFqxFvEAY/s400/I.R.Back.Copy.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Also, the US publisher Andrews McMeel has just announced that the English language edition of <i>Imaginative Realism</i> is going back for its fifth printing. <i>Color and Light </i>is going into its second printing, just five weeks after release. Woohoo!<br />________<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_05RiMq94-W70dWwTWMfC4OJWnL9mypoAmdVLzqzjgH9CBm2VFjuV_IKdgjJH4i1H-DgYSKvT6J82HU8Rrs-UqD8VSod0xfLRv1sSrEwZHJvbCO1sTbcinI1djtuonSSz4TyXoxFqMz4/s1600/Japanese_Cover.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.borndigital.co.jp/book/detail.php?id=209">Born Digital / Imaginative Realism</a> with sample pages in Japanese<br /><a href="http://homeandcrafts.andrewsmcmeel.com/?p=1631">Andrews McMeel Publishing / Color and Light</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light</i></a> on Amazon internationally: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_?ie=UTF8&s=books">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo0c-20">CA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo-21">UK</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo08-21">FR</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo01-21">DE</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parkablogs-22">JP</a><br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light </i></a>signed (and doodled in) by me, from<a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"> the Dinotopia Store</a>

Meanwhile, at the Printer

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Jewcy's Top Ten

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8Z7l9vLNINHsY4Be9WIuxXJPomjczKJEWctrwhgVT9FuAharY4LoZ12Rys0Ile1BuC1KNOnmP4Zf7oBuztBFwg9cKIY_HcYnzKq7tKbzU09qNmGLeBx7DNd2Rq8rhHxQQZg7nogic-w/s1600/2010_top_art-books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>I’m grateful to Margarita Korol of the news and culture website Jewcy.com for picking “Color and Light” as one of the top ten art books of 2010.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8Z7l9vLNINHsY4Be9WIuxXJPomjczKJEWctrwhgVT9FuAharY4LoZ12Rys0Ile1BuC1KNOnmP4Zf7oBuztBFwg9cKIY_HcYnzKq7tKbzU09qNmGLeBx7DNd2Rq8rhHxQQZg7nogic-w/s1600/2010_top_art-books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8Z7l9vLNINHsY4Be9WIuxXJPomjczKJEWctrwhgVT9FuAharY4LoZ12Rys0Ile1BuC1KNOnmP4Zf7oBuztBFwg9cKIY_HcYnzKq7tKbzU09qNmGLeBx7DNd2Rq8rhHxQQZg7nogic-w/s400/2010_top_art-books.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><blockquote><i>“It is college. From James Gurney, whose Imaginative Realism fed the hungry brains of fantasy artists internationally, this new book is recession-friendly real world wisdom and poised to become a classic guidebook for the century. If you’ve felt like a failed artist all year, starting twenty eleven well-trained will get you on the right track.”</i></blockquote><br /><br />--------<br /><a href="http://www.jewcy.com/arts-and-culture/jewcy-top-10-art-books-of-2010">Jewcy's Top Ten Art Books</a><br />Also, thanks to <a href="http://fleskpublications.com/blog/?p=513">John Fleskes</a> and to <a href="http://gregnewbold.blogspot.com/2010/12/santa-brought-art-books.html">Greg Newbold ("Santa Brought Art Books")</a> for pluggin' the tome.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light</i></a> on Amazon internationally: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_?ie=UTF8&s=books">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo0c-20">CA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo-21">UK</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo08-21">FR</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo01-21">DE</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parkablogs-22">JP</a><br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light </i></a>signed (and doodled in) by me, from<a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"> the Dinotopia Store</a>

Jewcy's Top Ten

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Pester Your Teachers

If you know who David Briggs is, you’ll know why I’m elecrified to read his review of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter.</i></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVsVPav8kkhuP6HS4ypcxt-8i8RpngDUSaGvuFr5smTJcaoFi35_1ylWSn6nkxJXs0npVeK_4fM7Hq9zyM3xMGqM1db5kUWuBU-kIcLizXVEKTQyVYAmRvXLNb1ebNigR6oZZeEL6Sxw/s1600/Dimensions_of_Color.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVsVPav8kkhuP6HS4ypcxt-8i8RpngDUSaGvuFr5smTJcaoFi35_1ylWSn6nkxJXs0npVeK_4fM7Hq9zyM3xMGqM1db5kUWuBU-kIcLizXVEKTQyVYAmRvXLNb1ebNigR6oZZeEL6Sxw/s400/Dimensions_of_Color.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><blockquote>“ Any single book on this subject can only be an introduction, but what an introduction this is! The book is very generously illustrated with his own works, plus those of many of his favourite past masters. These images fully justify their place by showing us what it is possible to achieve, especially from the imagination, by those who are willing to go beyond a simplistic approach to ‘colour theory.’ <br /><br />“...I'm quite certain that Color and Light will mark the beginning of the end for the simplistic approach to color that still predominates in art teaching. If you are an art or design student, get this book, study it, and then pester your teachers ceaselessly until THEY study it.”</blockquote><br />David Briggs is none other than the mastermind behind the website “Dimensions of Color.” It’s one of the best resources on light and color on the Internet. I owe much of what I’ve learned on the topic to Mr. Briggs. For example, check out his analysis of <a href="http://www.huevaluechroma.com/021.php">"The Basics of Light and Shade/ Specular and Diffuse Reflection."</a><br /><br />Along with his review of the book on a Concept Art forum, Mr. Briggs also offers a long list of links to free PDF versions of the out-of-print books listed in my bibliography. <br />---------<br /><a href="http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112049&page=6">David Briggs Color and Light review on ConceptArt</a><br /><a href="http://www.huevaluechroma.com/">The Dimensions of Color (huevaluechroma.com)</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_16?ie=UTF8&s=books"><i>Color and Light</i></a> on Amazon internationally: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=pd_ts_b_?ie=UTF8&s=books">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo0c-20">CA</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo-21">UK</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo08-21">FR</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parblo01-21">DE</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/0740797719?tag=parkablogs-22">JP</a><br /><a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"><i>Color and Light </i></a>signed (and doodled in) by me, from<a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/dinotopia-store.html"> the Dinotopia Store</a>

Pester Your Teachers

If you know who David Briggs is, you’ll know why I’m elecrified to read his review of Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter. “ An...

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