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Texture and Color

Texture and Color

The colors and textures that exist in nature can be extremely inspirational. Taking the time to look around and see them sometimes requires some extra effort.

Painted white wood ceilings

Painted white wood ceilings

Wood ceilings and heavy timber beams painted white … sounds pretty nice doesn’t it? It brings to mind bucolic summer vacations and Vera Bradley catalogs.

‘Saving Cherries’ – alla prima

‘Saving Cherries’ – alla prima

Alla prima is a painting technique in which the work is completed in one session without time for the paint to dry. This is the story of my painting ‘Saving Cherries’ by Jonathan Aller.

My Favorite Color

My Favorite Color

Most people have a favorite color but not me. I pick colors for other people all the time but when it comes time to pick my own favorite? I’m an expert and I have a theory

How to Pick the Right Paint Finish

How to Pick the Right Paint Finish

This is the (cough cough) long awaited follow up to the Introduction to the Color Wheel post I wrote a little while ago. If you wondered what the difference was between eggshell and semi-gloss – then I have finally delivered on my promise and collected information from a myriad of sources and added my own(…)

Introduction to the Color Wheel

Introduction to the Color Wheel

Color theory is only as complicated as you let it be – there are rules and if you choose to follow them, your odds of putting together a working color scheme improve dramatically