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		<title>Gestalt Principles of Art and Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These theories of painting come from a German form of psychology called Gestalt which simply states that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It is often used in both art as well as design to achieve the desired effect. The main points of Gestalt are summarized below the image.
1. Figure/Ground
This is the idea that speaks to the human mind&#8217;s tendency to separate figures from their backgrounds. These differences can be furthered by utilizing a number of different techniques which can include contrast, color, intensity, and size.
In ...]]></description>
		<link>http://painting-course.com/445/oil-painting/gestalt-principles-of-art-and-design/</link>
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		<title>Oil Painting Step by Step: Time lapse</title>
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In this painting tutorial I go through a common step by step procedure on how to paint with oils. From the drawing, to the underpainting,  glazing, and final details.
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		<link>http://painting-course.com/414/oil-painting/oil-painting-step-by-step-time-lapse/</link>
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		<title>Local Color</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Painters often refer to something known as Local Color. So what is Local Color exactly? Well, there is a very simple explaination. Local Color refers to the color of an object if it is unhindered by shadows and highlights. Still don&#8217;t get it? Basically Local Color is what the actual color of an object is. Take for instance a Tomato, now most people would agree that tomatoes are red, however that&#8217;s just part of the story and the way that our eye perceives colors. In reality if we really examine ...]]></description>
		<link>http://painting-course.com/401/painting-lessons/local-color/</link>
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		<title>Paint With Oil. Creating Value Scales In Color</title>
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Paint with oil. In this tutorial I go through how to set up a very basic palette, and how to use your palette knife to create value scales with various colors. 
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		<link>http://painting-course.com/397/oil-painting/paint-with-oil-creating-value-scales-in-color/</link>
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		<title>Painting Landscapes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During this lesson you will be learning how to construct and paint a landscape painting. I&#8217;ve chosen to begin with painting landscapes because they allow us to utilize all the different skills we&#8217;ve been working on so far.  Instead of using &#8220;Plein Air&#8221; techniques which are very popular today among painters wishing to capture &#8220;light&#8221; I will be teaching about the structure of the landscape and letting you know about how it works. There are a lot of varying principles which should be taken into consideration. This may seem like ...]]></description>
		<link>http://painting-course.com/357/painting-lessons/painting-landscapes/</link>
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		<title>Learning To Paint</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lesson 16: Learning to paint
We&#8217;ve come a long way in this course so far. We&#8217;ve gone from drawing our hands and learning about basic forms to learning about color theory and finally making our first painting of the four major forms with black and white acrylic paint.   . When I say &#8220;Learning to paint&#8221; this isn&#8217;t something that can just be learned with one quick lesson. There aren&#8217;t really any tricks or shortcuts. If you want to learn to paint you must dedicate yourself to it, and treat it as ...]]></description>
		<link>http://painting-course.com/334/painting-lessons/learning-to-paint/</link>
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		<title>How To Paint With Acrylics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lesson 15
When learning how to paint with acrylics the most important thing is to first understand the properties of the colors (pigments) you have chosen to use. As you learned in Lesson 12 Color Theory Basics the most important factor as to how your paint will perform is dependent upon whether or not it is an opaque color. Opaque Acrylic paints will cover a surface better and avoid streaky transparent colors.  Then you&#8217;ve got to make sure you have a nice surface to paint on. You can check out my ...]]></description>
		<link>http://painting-course.com/309/painting-lessons/how-to-paint-with-acrylics/</link>
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		<title>Warm and Cool Colors</title>
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Lesson 14
Warm and cool colors are important in painting for a number of reasons. The most obvious is that warm colors tend to move forward in space, while cooler colors tend to retreat. This is mainly because of how we experience the world and is pure science. Within the atmosphere there are zillions of little water molecules floating around. The largest of which form clouds and eventually dump rain on us. But the air itself also contains water.  So when we are looking faw away to the horizon we are ...]]></description>
		<link>http://painting-course.com/296/color-theory/warm-and-cool-colors/</link>
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		<title>Analagous Color Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lesson 13
The next most important part of color theory is harmony.  Color harmony is essentially the art of putting colors together that look good. That&#8217;s pretty much it. I&#8217;ll keep using the musical metaphors because in music we also have harmony. So think about color harmony in the same way, except visually. When you here a song you can tell if the musicians are all singing in harmony or not, if there&#8217;s one person who is out of key then it also throws the others off as well. Think of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://painting-course.com/287/color-theory/analagous-color-scheme/</link>
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		<title>Color Theory Basics</title>
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In this Lesson you will learn:
1) What type of paint to buy (Materials)
2) How to control color intensity  (Intensity)
3) How to see the value (shade) of color. (Color Value)
Materials
First things first! It is important that you know how to buy the right paint for what you want to do.
There&#8217;s two types of paint. Transparent and Opaque. When you start painting it is HIGHLY recommended that you start by using only opaque colors. This will reduce the possibility of your paintings becoming streaky and dull. Transparent colors can be used later ...]]></description>
		<link>http://painting-course.com/196/materials/color-theory-basics/</link>
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