Robert Najlis

Fine Artist and art instructor. Before art comes listening.

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Rembrandt 3 value transition techniques

Let's look at 3 specific techniques Rembrandt uses to create tonal value transitions

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#rembrandt #art #painting #paintingtips #pictorialspace #colortheory #oilpainting #arthistory #portraitpainting #tonalvalues

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Adventures of the palette
Beautiful colors of oil paint.

#art #color #oilpainting #painting #colortheory

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@teklalneguib Oooh, I love that, thank you! 💙💛

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Blue and yellow

What is there to say about this painting?
The feeling is strong
But it says them without words
And so I present them to you in the same way.

Watercolor and gouache
5” x 7”

#watercolor #gouache #painting #blue #yellow

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7 paintings for 7 trees

https://t.co/cvvbycNX8g

What do you think of when you think of a painting?

#art #painting #paintingtips #landscapepainting #pictorialspace #colortheory #colormovementtheory #oilpainting #monet #vangogh #claudelorrain #mondrian #vuillard #corot

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What's Up Hiroshige?
Hiroshige's top line.

https://t.co/DeRwjAOdFJ

If you look at the top of these prints by Hiroshige, it's actually pretty wild.

#art #arthistory #hiroshige #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #paintingtutorial #paintingtips

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Mary Cassatt uses color movement and reverse atmospheric perspective to create a masterpiece!

https://t.co/a24AUe3WDT

#art #arthistory #marycassatt #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #paintingtips #colortheory

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What makes for clarity in a painting and how do we use it?

https://t.co/hIDt9BWE1b

Clarity in a painting can be straightforward
but many artists change that

#art #atmosphericperspective #colortheory #painting #pictorialspace #colortheory

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Did Bruegel learn from the Mona Lisa?

https://t.co/JCKpTOMs0d

How Bruegel learned to shift pictorial space in The Harvesters?

#art #arthistory #bruegel #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #bruegel #davinci #monalisa #leonardodavinci

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Fall colors

#autum #colors #autumncolors #fallcolors

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Conversations on the Wind

A small gouache and watercolor painting
5” x 7” (13cm x 18cm)

#gouache #watercolor #art #color #colormovementtheory #painting

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Whistler meets van Gogh!

https://t.co/iDWTHndykz

Whistler's Mother is a monochromatic painting.
Van Gogh helps us transform it into color!

#art #arthistory #whistler #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #vangogh
#matisse

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Mary Casstt, famous American woman impressionist painter

see how she creates movement in her painting

https://t.co/Yy68UtUwqQ

#art #painting #marycassatt #arthistory #colortheory #complementarycolors #impressionistart #femaleartist #femaleartists #womanartist #womanart

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Bruegel
Hunters in the Snow
Complementary Colors.

https://t.co/68dvf7culg

Bruegel shifts space.
Complementary colors - problems

#art #arthistory #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #bruegel #colortheory #complementarycolors

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Pictorial space with Whistler's Mother and Planal Maps

https://t.co/2cSM6GkzVC

What is pictorial space in a painting, how do we study it?

#art #arthistory #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #whistler #portraitpainting

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Bruegel creates a reverse panorama in The Harvesters

https://t.co/lCkyA9BdnY

The unusual composition and shifting pictorial space, moves us around, changing perspectives

#art #arthistory #colormovementtheory #painting #oilpainting #bruegel #color #colortheory #composition

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Gaugin - The Siesta.

https://t.co/taKTaSORj4

The Siesta is a different example of tipping up pictorial space, with a slight curve to the shape of the floor.

#art #arthistory #picasso #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #gaugin

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I am very happy to announce my new YouTube channel!
For my first video, I am talking about tipping up pictorial space in a painting.
#art #arthistory #picasso #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #chagall #matisse

https://t.co/GO0IZ1dWQA

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Color Movement Theory

New eBook
The language of colors, and their movements.

eBook, instant download
Buy for a friend.
Great last minute gift

Available at: https://t.co/QkYTjplssP

#art
#colortheory
#lastminutegifts
#giftsforartists
#ebook
#book
#artbook

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Detail of my oil painting

#art #artist #oilpainting #colormovementtheory