Are You Readier Yet?

May 16

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ARE YOU READIER YET?

I’m a skeptic.

This doesn’t mean I’m a pessimist. I just tend to notice the holes in what people say or maybe I’m subconsciously reading body language… Anyway, for whatever reason, I usually need some logical concrete proof before I go running off the cliff with everyone else.

I’m also not big on the paranormal stuff.

A ghost hunter, I am not.

But then again, there is one subject where I’m totally on board the Woo-woo Choo-choo.

Call it fate or the guiding hand of a higher power, but I’ve seen it happen and I’ve had it happen to me, far too many times to call it coincidence.

One of the reasons why I don’t take a lot of notes in art classes…

And reason #406 why I don’t keep a notebook full of possibly-useful color palettes and maybe-someday blending combinations…

It’s because sometimes when we’re given information, we’re not ready for it.

All the note taking in the world won’t make you ready.

Have a talk about geopolitical oil prices with a three-year-old if you doubt my readiness theory.

Anyway, the readiness thing happens a lot in color theory. I can write an exhaustively detailed (and deliciously snarky) article about Opponent Process Color Theory. You can read it four times and memorize all the best points.

But if you’re not ready for it, you’re not ready for it. You can’t process it, you won’t retain it, and you’ll never use it.

And yet I’ve noticed…

That info will come around again when you need it.

And if it doesn’t, then you didn’t need it anyway.

C’est la vie and fiddle de-dee.

So in the spirit of everything in it’s own time,

Allow me to follow up on our 10 part Color Cube series with a video. Many of you have watched this before and at the time, you thought you heard it.

Let’s see if you’re readier for it now.

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Would you use these three pencils on the yellow rainboots?

You’ll never get to realism and artistry if you shade yellow with yellow.

I teach students to play with color— finding their own coloring style and unique color voice.

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LINE ART?

Several readers asked about the line art for this series. They all started as a rough sketch which I fed into Midjourney. I then spent a lot of time cleaning the AI line art, redrawing shapes to make sense and deleting dumb stuff. Would I recommend the process? Nope.

The PNG files are available in the FREE Download Library below.

At Color Wonk we combine markers with colored pencils,

But have you ever tried pure pencil?

Oh yes, Amy! I see myself as a pencil person, I don’t see markers in my future.

So let’s do a pencil project. Tulip Wreath gives you a taste of my approach to colored pencils when working without the safety net of marker or watercolor.

What changes and what remains consistent? Let’s find out!