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News Letter #7 - August, 2002 |
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Hello from Tony, Sorry for the delay in getting this months newsletter out. It's nearly mid-August already! Where is the summer going? I still have so much more that I need to get done before the busy winter season begins. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Art Quote of the Month: There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. -Pablo Picasso ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS AND NOTICES: Want to learn Portrait Painting Techniques? ( read more) Special Liquidation Sale now at A-n-C in Lecanto! ( read more) Special offer on my instructional painting packets ( read more) Tips & Bits questions and answers #16 - #20 ! ( read more) "In the Spotlight" will be updated quarterly! ( read more) Miss out on previous News,Notices or Newsletters? ( read more) ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THE SPOTLIGHT: I have decided to update "In the Spotlight" quarterly instead of monthly. So my dear friend, Buck Paulson, will remain "in the Spotlight" through September. ( read more ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMING SOON: Next month, I will add 5 more Tips & Bits to that ever growing section. Also, I am still planning a trip to the Appleton Museum in Ocala, Florida and will report on that experience. Something new I'm looking into is a possible "Packet of the Month Club". ----------------------------------------------------------------- INTERESTING "ART-I-FACT" OF THE MONTH: "Color Wheel History" Who decided to put colors in a the form of a wheel? Why are their 12 colors in the wheel? Why is there a specific order of sequence of these colors used in the wheel? Well, let me enlighten you on the History of the Color Wheel. Dating back from Greek philosophers up until around 1660, it was an accepted theory that all colors were based upon the elements of fire, air, water, and earth, mixed with lightness and darkness. There were no attempts at organizing colors until Sir Isaac Newton bent white light through a prism and discovered the spectrum of colors. He chose seven major colors to relate to the seven planets: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. He then twisted this straight band of the color spectrum into history's first color wheel. It was not until the middle 1700's that the primary colors of red, yellow and blue were finally discovered. It was then published that primary colors were the basic colors by which all other colors can be made. Also, when two primary colors are mixed together, they produce what we now call secondary colors of orange, green and purple. It was about ten years later (ca.1766), that Morris Harris published and printed the first color chart in color. It also included the six compound colors that were made by mixing a primary color and a secondary together making a total of 12 colors on the chart. From the 1800's to present day, there has been various arrangements of these colors by scientists, philosophers, artists and even poets in the forms of circles, spheres, triangles and even a six-pointed star but the basic color wheel is still the most accepted form used by painters. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Well, that about wraps it up for another month. I do hope that you have enjoyed it. Now go directly to my website to get all the "inside scoops" on the News and Notices, Tips & Bits and to check out all the August classes you want to sign-up for. If you have any topics, ideas or questions that you would like to see featured in future newsletters or on my website, please let me know. I love hearing your feedback on your thoughts about it. Thank you for your time. Always,"Painting for Pleasure", with Tony and Tina Carchia Email addresses: Tony@Painting-for-Pleasure.com Tina@Painting-for-Pleasure.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- |