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Posts by Robert Najlis

Looking closely: Rembrandt’s suprising value transitions
Looking closely: Rembrandt’s suprising value transitions YouTube video by Robert Najlis

Rembrandt 3 value transition techniques

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

youtu.be/uk3Lnn0CoSw

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

2 weeks ago 4 0 0 0
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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

1 month ago 6 0 0 0
7 paintings for 7 trees  |  What is a painting? What is a tree?
7 paintings for 7 trees | What is a painting? What is a tree? YouTube video by Robert Najlis

7 paintings for 7 trees

youtu.be/1JsdkgMf5Og

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

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

3 months ago 6 0 0 0
Hiroshige moves us up. HIroshige's top line, and unusual skies.
Hiroshige moves us up. HIroshige's top line, and unusual skies. YouTube video by Robert Najlis

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

youtu.be/nADA3N_xC88

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

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

4 months ago 2 0 0 0
Mary Cassatt uses color movement and reverse atmospheric perspective to create a masterpiece!
Mary Cassatt uses color movement and reverse atmospheric perspective to create a masterpiece! YouTube video by Robert Najlis

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

youtu.be/nbXYby03hII

#art #arthistory #marycassatt #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #femaleartists #colortheory #paintingtips #landscapepainting #hiroshige

4 months ago 8 0 0 0
Whistler's Mother meets Van Gogh - Monochromatic to color in a painting
Whistler's Mother meets Van Gogh - Monochromatic to color in a painting YouTube video by Robert Najlis

Whistler meets van Gogh!

youtu.be/k9bBO8aGj3s

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

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

6 months ago 4 0 0 0
Bruegel, Hunters in the Snow, and Complementary Colors
Bruegel, Hunters in the Snow, and Complementary Colors YouTube video by Robert Najlis

Bruegel
Hunters in the Snow
Complementary Colors

youtu.be/RBiw6FjBuxA

Bruegel shifts space
and shows problems with complementary colors in color theory

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

7 months ago 4 0 0 0

Thank you so much for your reply, I appreciate it! I'm glad you found this technique useful, it has been very helpful for me. I'm sure this technique will appear in more of my videos as I use it a lot to help me understand artwork, whether it be to study the pictorial space or color. 🙏😀🌻

7 months ago 1 0 0 0
Whistler's Mother, composing space with planal maps
Whistler's Mother, composing space with planal maps YouTube video by Robert Najlis

Pictorial space with Whistler's Mother and Planal Maps

youtu.be/l0S95qDF_ps

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

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

7 months ago 8 0 1 0
Bruegel creates a reverse panorama in The Harvesters
Bruegel creates a reverse panorama in The Harvesters YouTube video by Robert Najlis

Bruegel creates a reverse panorama in The Harvesters

youtu.be/yQroU4AleEg

The unusual composition and shifting pictorial space, moves us around.

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

8 months ago 6 0 0 0
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Gaugin, The Siesta | Tipping up space and rhythmic colors
Gaugin, The Siesta | Tipping up space and rhythmic colors YouTube video by Robert Najlis

Tipping up and colors in The Siesta by Gaugin

youtu.be/blLn6JUlhBE

In my new video I look at Gaugin's painting, The Siesta.

We will look at his shifting of space, and use of color

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

8 months ago 1 0 0 0
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Lonely Tree in the Wind

This little painting is a sweet reminder of this lovely tree. It sits alone, blowing in the wind.

Gouache, watercolor and ink
2.75" x 6" on watercolor paper

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

8 months ago 18 0 0 0
Tipping up pictorial space in a painting
Tipping up pictorial space in a painting YouTube video by Robert Najlis

My new YouTube channel!

For my first video: tipping up pictorial space

youtu.be/a-VGd_AEJNo

#art #arthistory #picasso #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #chagall #matisse #chineseart #chinesepainting #persianart #persianpainting

9 months ago 6 0 0 0
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Harmony and Tension are fundamental to all arts. The building blocks of emotion, they help create beautiful artwork that moves and captivates us.

Color Movement Theory, my new eBook, discusses Harmony and Tension in color

www.robertnajlis.com

#art #painting #color #colortheory

11 months ago 4 0 0 0

Thank you! 🙏😀🎨

1 year ago 0 0 0 0

I think it is likely to cause people to give up. I almost did. I saw that the link was broken, and my first reaction was to just close the window.

1 year ago 1 0 1 0

The link you posted did not lead to the video, but I could still find the video through your website.

1 year ago 1 0 2 0
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That’s great! My current Zinner based CF+ will need replacing eventually.

1 year ago 0 0 0 0
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Playing with the happy medium of gouache.

Gouache is an opaque watercolor. Working with it feels like playing in a space somewhat in between watercolors and oils.
I often mix together with watercolors, casein, ink

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

1 year ago 24 0 1 0
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Flowers and Paintings, a beautiful combination

The nearness of the group aroused an unexpected beauty and intimacy that brought new life to the whole space.

#art #color #painting #colormovementtheory #colortheory #colortherapy #design #colorrelativity #flower #flowers #interiordesign

1 year ago 21 0 0 0

This looks great! 📖

1 year ago 1 0 1 0

Wow, this looks fascinating!

1 year ago 0 0 0 0

That’s great, congratulations!

1 year ago 1 0 0 0
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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: robertnajlis.com

#art #painting #colormovementtheory #colortheory #lastminutegifts
#giftsforartists #ebook #book #artbook #booksky

1 year ago 10 0 0 0
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Shifting Leaf, Cadenza and Fugued

24” h x 20” w
Oil and Egg Oil Emulsion on Panel

Shifting and weaving
Leaf
Playing in the wind
Pulsing
Space, Time
Clouds, mountains, trees
Vibrating Feeling Hearing
Shifting, Through me

#art #artist #fineart #abstractart #colormovementtheory

1 year ago 12 0 0 0
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Detail of my oil painting

#art #oilpainting #artist #colormovementtheory

1 year ago 12 0 0 0

Wow, very striking, great work!

1 year ago 1 0 1 0
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Color Movement Theory

My new eBook.
A new idea in color theory

Available through my website:
www.robertnajlis.com

Color speak through movement and their relationships.

Colors move;
harmony and tension ensues

#colormovementtheory #book #booksky #art #colortheory #albers #artist #books #ebook

1 year ago 7 0 0 0

Congratulations, that is a big move!

1 year ago 0 0 0 0
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Glazing with Manganese Blue
Using both the brush and hand rubbing to apply the paint

#painting #art #abstractpainting #abstractart #color #oilpainting #painting #colormovementtheory #fineart #blue
#oilpaint

1 year ago 16 0 0 0