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Whether you are an artist or an art lover, Color Movement Theory will help you unlock the exciting world of color for you.
- Learn a new way to see colors!
- Over 250 illustrations and examples from famous artwork.
- Available in PDF and ePub
Why I wrote Color Movement Theory
I wrote Color Movement Theory to help develop a language for understanding color. A language that allows us to listen to colors and understand what they are saying in their own voice.
Colors speak through movement; how they move in relation to each other.
These relationships can move us through a painting, they can push and pull and shift pictorial space, which is fundamental to the feeling of the artwork.
Color movements also create harmony and tension, which are essential to the languages of all art forms.
Color Movement Theory is a way to cultivate our feeling and intuition, to listen better to what the colors are saying, and to have a clearer understanding of the artwork itself, in the works’ own language.
Color Movement Theory is useful for both the practicing artist or art student, who wants to be able to better create their own color compositions
It is equally useful for art lovers who want to a better understanding of what we are seeing.
Color Movement Theory presents a unique perspective that will change your relationship with colors
Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1906, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Color Movement Theory is a revolution in color thinking. A simple, fluid, and intuitive way to understand compositions and relationships through the natural language of color.
Colors have a life of their own, they live differently inside each of us. We need a theory that can respond to that.
Color Movement Theory Is That Theory!
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Colors move towards and away from each other.
Harmony and Tension
Harmony and tension imbue our everyday life, and underlie all arts, from music, to dance, literature and beyond. Across cultures and times artists have applied the same principles to make their colors sing.
Color Movement Theory is focused on the relationships between colors, which we tend to use in composing and arranging colors.
The book does not focus on color mixing, though it can help us develop a deeper understanding of color which will also help our color mixing ability.
Two different Chasing movements show on the Hookah Base.
Colors Exude Energy
Color Movement Theory can help us to see color more clearly, and better understand its discourse.
It can be applied to painting, fashion, photography, design, or any place where we use or see color.
Traditional Color Theory is Worn Out
Traditional Color Theory
- Inflexible, predetermined patterns.
- Fixed universal rules.
- Confusing technical terms that do not help.
We often find ourselves having to choose either rigid, technical guidelines, or using our intuition.
A color theory should guide and elevate our intuition.
Color Movement Theory
Color Movement Theory is clear, simple, and flexible. It works hand in hand with our intuition.
Traditional Color Schemes are "worn out." ~ Josef Albers
Our conclusion: we may forget for a while those rules of thumb of complementaries, whether complete or "split," and of triads and tetrads as well. They are worn out.
~ Josef Albers
Color Movement Theory!
New eBook!
Whether you are an artist or an art lover, Color Movement Theory will help you unlock the exciting world of color for you.
- Analyze color movements and relationships in depth.
- Over 250 illustrations and examples from famous artwork.
- Available in PDF and ePub
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