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COLOR THEORY WORKSHOP
Bridge Color

A special thanks to my student, Sandra J. Hall, for these notes.
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Bridge Color - to get from one color to another, change one, two, or three properties of the color as objects move through space; you are describing the movement of the painting not the flatness of the surface.  Movement is not best done in a straight line.

Method #1
               Gray-blue-violet  to a Golden-orangy-green
               Smush one into the other at the edges, but this becomes a dead muddy center.   DON'T DO THIS!

Method #2
              Gray-blue-violet to a Golden-orangy-green
              Use cadmium reds and alizarin crimson as a bridge.

Become aware of when I'm going from point A (color)  to point B (color) without considering what's in between (all the color combinations in between). RISE ABOVE THIS!  Remember to ask "how am I getting from here to there?"

"Dancing around the gray" - using more than one bridge color

Demonstration - blue (brilliant blue + white) to  "destination" orange (cadmium orange + cadmium red light) - bend around either or both sides of the color wheel. Weave the two sides together (this would be great as a sunset of blue to orange); don't "smush" it....just deliberate brush strokes; keep the values the same so you have vanishing edges.

                                                                            BLUE (brilliant blue + white)
                          RED SIDE                                                                               YELLOW SIDE
                   add alizarin Crimson + white to blue                                   add brilliant green to blue
                   add cadmium red light                                                       add more brilliant green
                   add more cad red light                                                      add transparent orange
                   add cad red light +white+transparent orange                      add more transparent orange
                   add destination orange                                                     add destination orange
                                                                            ORANGE (Cad orange + cad red light)
      
TRANSITION is any way from A to B
BRIDGE is choosing a color to get fro A to B

** Artists to study for their transitions: Dan Pinkham; John Asaro, Ray Roberts, Sorolla, Monet in addition to David**

LUMINOUS COLOR WHEEL
             Step #1 - mix the secondaries because you can make them all the same values
                            Cadmium orange
                            Purple
                            Green ( + yellow + white)
             Step #2 - Combine the secondaries toward the center

            Step #3 - Add phthalo blue, violet, white to green and bring across to orange; add alizarin crimson + yellow + "stuff" to 
                           orange.
            Step #4 - Set primaries on, the same value as secondaries 
Additional notes:
            From purple to red with quinacridone rose
            Add yellow to light reds around the edge of the wheel
            Add white to lighten the reds inside the wheel, often adding both yellow and white to the pile
            Watch the values as you move across the center of the wheel; add white to the neutrals and stay away from the pure colors 
            on the edge.
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