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Volume 3, Number 4 
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Outdoorpainting.com asked our readers…
“What's the single greatest challenge you face in painting outdoors?”

Many of our reader responses to the Newsletter question were about the challenges brought about by painting accurate color.

Color is hinged on value. To have good color, you must have accurate values. To have accurate values, you must get the correct relationships between the colors and values right. Colors and values seen by the human eye are hundreds of times greater than what is available in your pigments. Because of this, you must get the differences correct.

Armand Cabrera

EXAMPLE:
For measurement, we will use a value scale of 10 places, where 0 = black and 9 =white. Let’s say all the things you see in the sunlight are at a range of 6, 7 and 8 on the value scale. All the shadows are at a range of 3, 4 and 5. Therefore, all the colors in the sunlight or shadows must be in their respective value range--including white and black.

So…white in the shadow cannot be lighter than a 5 on the value scale. Black in the sunlight can’t be darker than a 6.

Armand Cabrera
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Master Outdoor Painters

Theodore RobinsonTheodore Robinson
By Armand Cabrera

Theodore Robinson was born in Wisconsin in 1852. At his mother’s encouragement, he enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art. His schooling was cut short by chronic asthma, which was aggravated by Chicago’s cold weather. Robinson returned home until he could save enough money for his education. In 1874, he enrolled in the National Academy of Design in New York City.

In 1875, Robinson, a teacher and other students at the academy formed “The Art Students League of New York”. Robinson split his studies between the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. In 1876, Robinson traveled to Paris to study with Carolus Duran. For reasons that are not clear, Robinson found Duran’s teaching unsatisfactory.
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Quote of the Month

Although the possibilities are very great for the moderns (impressionists) they must draw without ceasing…and with the brilliancy and light of real outdoors-combine with austerity, the sobriety that has always characterized good painting.
-Theodore Robinson
Armand Cabrera - Winter Pastures
Armand Cabrera
Genoa Barn 8x10 o/c
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Studio Painting - Artists Workshop

ARMAND CABRERA WORKSHOP
OUTDOOR PAINTING ESSENTIALS

Marin County, California
June 19 - 23, 2006
Beginner - Advanced

Dawsonville, Georgia
September 11 - 25
$495
15 Students Maximum

Information:
Diane Burket
(415) 776-1436

diane@armandcabrera.com
www.armandcabrera.com

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Workshop - Outdoor painting classes

Sierra Workshop 2006
The workshop will take place once again at the top of the Sierra Mountains in Stanislaus and Alpine Counties. There are pictures alpine lakes; waterfalls and meadows nestled in the mountains.

June 9,10,11, 2006
Bear Valley, CA
Space is limited so register soon!

Contact Information:
Bruce Yungmeyer
831-438-4184 ext.#1
Stefan Baumann
415-606-9074
or 415-333-7070
email: Stefan Baumann
thegrandview.org



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