Oil Painting Techniques: Still Life on Paper
Hue, Value and Chroma
A course by Remi Cárdenas , Painter
About the video: Hue, Value and Chroma
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll talk about the three different properties that compound ‘colour’.”
In this video lesson Remi Cárdenas addresses the topic: Hue, Value and Chroma, which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Painting Techniques: Still Life on Paper . Discover the colorful world of oil paint by learning essential techniques on a practical medium.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hue, Value and Chroma Now that we've talked about color, let's discuss the three characteristics of color, which are hue, value and chroma. What do we mean when we talk about hue? Hue refers to the actual color that we're looking at. For example, we have yellow, yellow hue; green, green hue; blue, blue hue. Hue means the actual color we're looking at. The value refers to the lightness or darkness of such color. For example, here I have a color wheel with the corresponding values of each color. You can see this yellow hue is a really light value. This purple hue is a really dark value. You c...”
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Course summary for: Oil Painting Techniques: Still Life on Paper
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Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting

Remi Cárdenas
A course by Remi Cárdenas
Born and raised in Mexico, Remi Cárdenas started his artistic career at the University of Veracruz, where he studied painting and graphic design. He quickly discovered his passion for traditional painting techniques, which led him to study in places like The Academy of Realist Arts in Toronto, Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington DC, the Arts Students League and at the former Grand Central Academy in New York.
He has done various commissioned work like scientific illustrations, book covers for Editorial Planeta publishing house, and large scale paintings for Museum of Natural History in Mexico City. In addition to painting, Remi also hosts regular drawing workshops.
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