[Sebastian Fischer]

Hi there! I want to improve my pics and so I started to learn a bit about color theory... or let�s s ay, I tried to... but didn�t really got the whole thing properly.
Here you can see a try I made:[*]http://www.pbase.com/image/3832372 Did it in Photoshop 6... But I really need a lot of advices.
can anybody of you explain me the whole thing about colortheory again? How I choose the colors for shadows and shading and for highlights, etc. ???
Would be really great!

Sebastian

[Gort]

Try using the search functionality of the forum for your inquiry; I am certain you'll find what you're loking for.

[Sebastian Fischer]

For those of you who are too lazy to follow the link manually I fixed the link :-)
Lightstudy

[Markus]

try a search in the active forums or forum archives on "color theory" or "values","value studies", "jason manley". there's lots and lots of stuff already discussed. there's some experimental info. on basic/values warm/cool skintones in the workshop section of my site too, tho' the better info. will be found by searching the forums.
good luck and happy painting.

[edit]
oops, almost forgot the most important thing-- read the "color" section of Loomis' "Creative Illustration" -- you can download the whole thing here: http://www.fineart.sk/

[ August 14, 2002: Message edited by: Markus ]

[Asurfael]

http://www.epilogue.net/art/tech/socar_color/

The best colour theory guide I've seen so far. It's pretty basic, but after memorizing that just experiment. You should do fine after a while.

[Sebastian Fischer]

Thanks so far! I�m realizing, that there�s really a LOT of stuff there to read !!! Well, more difficult in detail than I thought...
Before opening this topic I didn�t even knew about the "search" function, it�s really very helpful.
So this helped me twice
thx
Sebastian