A paper on reflections on the use of light and shade, cold and warm colors in oil painting
Abstract As the most common form of painting expression in my country, oil painting has gained people's favor due to its realism and artistry. , and has relatively broad market prospects. In fact, in the process of creating oil paintings, painters often strengthen the use of color light and shade, cold and warm in order to express their own emotions. Based on this, this article focuses on the use of color warmth and lightness in the oil painting process, and discusses the role of the use of color, ultimately providing experience and reference for the development of oil painting art in my country.
Keywords oil painting; color; light and shade; warmth and coldness
In the process of creating oil paintings, the painter, in order to enhance the contrast of the painting and express his own emotions , which often strengthens the rational use of warm, cool and light shades of color. In fact, there is often an obvious correlation between the coldness, warmth and lightness of colors, and the process of using them not only achieves the richness of the content of the painting, but also reflects the inherent emotional sustenance of the painting. Based on this, this article focuses on how artists match warm and cold colors, light and dark in the process of oil painting creation, and explains the effects of color use.
1. Clarify the subject of the oil painting
In the process of creating oil paintings, in order to ensure the diversity of the expression of warm and cold colors, the painter needs to clarify the main environment of the painting. Generally speaking, the changes in the warmth and coldness of painting objects will be affected by external factors and the angle of the light source. For example, under the illumination of incandescent light, the light-receiving surface of an object will often show a cold color effect, while the backlight surface will show a warmer color effect. Based on this, painters often need to estimate the source and angle of the light source when creating works, so as to achieve the correct choice of painting colors and ensure that the works are more realistic.
For example, a white wall will often show an orange (yellow) warm color effect under direct sunlight, but the projected part of the object will show a cold purple-gray effect. Not only that, even if the walls are in the same shade, the cool gray tones they exhibit are still diverse. In fact, although the change of this cold tone is not under the subjective control of the painter, it is closely related to the painter's psychological and physiological visual perspective. In the process of creating oil paintings, painters not only need to grasp the diversity of colors, but also need to ensure that the tone of the entire painting remains coordinated and unified.
2. Strengthen the study of the creative ideas of excellent works
Through comparative analysis of oil paintings, it is not difficult to find that there are differences in the treatment of color in oil paintings of different periods and schools. sex. For this reason, painters need to strengthen their understanding and copying of the creative ideas of famous paintings of various schools and periods during the process of creating oil paintings.
Before the Impressionists, painters often paid attention to the light and dark conditions of colors in the process of creating oil paintings, while neglecting the warm and cold tones. Taking Rembrandt's oil paintings as an example, he often used the element of "light" to express his emotions during the creation process, and strengthened the use of contrast between light and dark colors, cold and warm, thereby enhancing the drama of the painting. In fact, the use of high-brightness light can effectively highlight the theme of the work and further enhance the sense of space in the painting. Take his work "Night Patrol" as an example. When creating the painting, he used light techniques to highlight the bodies of several people, and placed other people in the dark background. This contrast between light and dark colors highlights the drama and depth of the work to a certain extent. In addition, in this painting, the beige color of the little girl’s skirt and the black color of Captain Cook’s military uniform, to a certain extent, promote the balance and transition of the entire painting, and increase the layering and color of the painting. Diversity.
The emergence of Impressionism has greatly changed the use of color contrast in the creation process of oil painting. Impressionists preferred the use of conditional colors in the painting process and focused on color expression.
Not only that, the Impressionist painters paid more attention to the study of the relationship between painting and optics in the process of creating their works, and focused on using color contrast, cold and warm, complementary and other methods to highlight the colors of the picture.
Take Renoir's oil painting "Female Body in the Sun" as an example. When the artist was creating, he chose green and blue to fill in the color of the human body. However, this unconventional color method But it highlights the beauty and coordination of the painting. Not only that, Renoir also used the contrast between warm and cold colors to highlight the light of sunlight and achieve the authenticity of sunlight colors.
In addition, more cold gray is used in the dark side of the painting. The use of this color is mainly to highlight the mottled shade of the trees. Renoir also paid careful attention to the expression of sunlight, using a small amount of warm colors to express the sunlight under the gaps in the leaves. In fact, this sharp color contrast can highlight the interest of the entire image.
All in all, the emergence of Impressionism changed the tradition to a great extent, optimizing the light and dark contrast of colors in creation, and paying more attention to the application of cold and warm colors, thus highlighting the dominance of subjective color feelings. status.
3. Integrate the painter’s unique personality
In the creation of oil paintings, in order to ensure the reasonable use of light and dark, cold and warm colors in oil paintings, the painter also needs to strengthen the use of his own personality, so as to ensure that the painting The color effects in it can reflect the emotions of the viewer. Generally speaking, the warm and cold tones in oil paintings can guide viewers to understand the painter's emotions and become a medium for the painter to express his own emotions. This method of color application achieves the perfect combination of subjectivity and objectivity, so it can fully display the painter's emotions and arouse the excitement of the viewer.
In addition, the painter's mood is often clearly related to the warm and cold colors of the oil painting. However, if the painter relies solely on subjectivity to use color, the viewer will often be unable to feel excited. Based on this, painters need to ensure the unity and variability of colors in the use of color light and shade, cold and warm, and ensure that the picture reflects people's sense of excitement, thereby helping viewers appreciate the charm of oil paintings.
IV. Precautions for the application of color shading and cold and warm colors
In order to ensure that painters can create high-quality paintings, they need to strengthen their understanding of color shading and color during the process of creating oil paintings. The use of heating and cooling methods. In addition, in order to ensure the improvement of the efficiency of various operations, staff need to follow matters related to oil painting creation. Regarding the matters needing attention when applying color shading and coldness and warmth to oil paintings, the author has made relevant summaries. The details are as follows.
Before creating an oil painting, the painter needs to clarify the tone of the painting, determine the cold and warm color treatment of the subject and background, and choose the correct observation method. In this process, the operator needs to observe the painting object as a whole and the object, and make judgments through comparison methods to reasonably determine the relationship between each picture. In fact, the color of an object is often affected by the color of the light source, so the painter needs to analyze the color of the light source. Under normal circumstances, under the influence of a cold light source, the bright parts of the painting appear cold, but the dark parts appear warm, and vice versa.
Based on this, in the process of painting processing, it is necessary to strengthen the analysis and discussion of the environment on the premise of considering the inherent color, so as to achieve the coordination and consistency of the relationship between the environmental color and the inherent color, and highlight the cold and warm The rhythm of tones realizes the harmony of the entire picture. In this process, if the painter cannot clearly divide the light and warm colors, he can make relevant divisions based on the intensity of the two colors. Generally speaking, the colors of sunlight, firelight, lights, etc. in the morning and evening are warm colors, while the sunlight, skylight, etc. at noon and noon belong to the cold light series.
Conclusion
In order to further promote the improvement of the quality of oil painting creation in our country, relevant personnel need to emphasize the light and dark, cold and warm colors of oil paintings during the actual operation process. Based on this, this article analyzes, discusses, and clarifies the main body of oil paintings, strengthens the study of the creative ideas of excellent works, integrates the unique personality of the painter, and discusses the precautions for applying color light and shade, cold and warm to oil paintings.
The author believes that with the implementation of relevant measures in place, my country's oil industry will surely achieve great development, and thus promote related achievements, ensure the rapid development of my country's cultural and artistic undertakings, and meet the cultural and artistic needs of social residents. Helps promote me.
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