Manelle Oliphant Illustration

Time to Relocate!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:22:00 +0000

This blog is on the move. You will now find posts from Manelle Oliphant Illustration at a new location.
www.manelleoliphant.com/news/

I've moved the blog, the posts and was even able to take most of my subscribers. (I think, if you aren't getting the new feed in the feed reader let me know.)

So come on over and see me!

My most recent posts over there are all about my fun new website. They can be found at
http://manelleoliphant.com/tag/town-tour/

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The End!

Ruby and the Skateboard will be available as an ebook for Nook, Kindle and PDF coming soon.

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Ruby and the skateboard updates every Tuesday and Thursday. (except this most recent Tuesday when I forgot as it was a Holiday here in Utah. I know it's unprofessional. sorry.)

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Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:16:00 +0000

Hello!
This post is just to let you all know that my Wednesday posts are going to be taking a short break while I finish up some things with my new website. This blog will also be getting a makeover and my new and fun things are being planned. So Sit tight and I'll have some more Wednesday posts ready for you in a few weeks. Don't worry Ruby and the Skateboard will continue to update every Tuesday and Thursday as normal.

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Normally Ruby and the skateboard updates every Tuesday and Thursday. This week there will not be a Thursday post nor will there be a Wednesday blog post. Happy Independence Day!

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4 things you should know about color before you paint.

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1. You need to know what the Primary and Secondary colors are.
You probably learned this is elementary school but in case you forgot.
Red, Yellow and Blue are your primary colors

Red+Yellow= Orange
Yellow+Blue= Green
Blue+Red= Violet (or purple)

Orange, Green, and Violet are the secondary colors.
The colors mixed in between those are called tertiary colors.

(Note: Just in case you feel like being smart with me I'll point out that we are mixing paint, not light thank you very much. Find out more about mixing light here.)

2. You need to know that color has a temperature
When I think of color temperature I think of orange as the warmest and blue as the coolest and everything else is on a scale in between. Thus red can be warm or cool depending on how much orange or blue there is in it. Same with the other colors. There are other ways to explain this but my brain likes this way the best. If you have something to add feel free to comment below I'd love to hear other perspectives about temperature.

3. Color has opposites
Look at the color wheel and pick a color. The color strait across the wheel from it would be it's opposite or complementary color. Red and green are complementary colors so are blue and yellow and yellow-orange and blue-violet. Get it?

Also if you mix a color with it's opposite you neutralize Them. This means you get a sort of grey or brown. If your getting muddy colors in your paint and you don't want them, make sure you are not mixing complementary colors. Likewise if you want a more subdued red see what adding green will do.

4. You need to know what a "shade" of color really is.
We often say "a shade of red" if we mean it is a red color but not red red, but that is incorrect use of the word.

Shade actually means a color that is mixed with black. So a shade of red would actually be a darker version of red like maroon.
A Tint is a color that is mixed with white. So pink could be considered a tint of red
A tone is a color mixed with gray. I don't have any color examples for this. Any ideas?

For more about color theory there is some pretty good stuff on Wikipedia. If you have any questions about what I've said or have anything to add that has helped you in painting with color leave me a comment.

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Audiobook Recommendation: A Drowned Maiden's Hair

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Hey blog reading friends. Today I just wanted to recommend this book/audiobook to you. Why recommend it on a blog about illustration? Well, when I'm painting or drawing I love to turn on a fun audiobook. This book is for younger readers but I really enjoyed it, twice.

A Drowned Maiden’s Hair
By Laura Amy Schilitz
Performed by Alma Ceurvo
9 hours

An 11 year old orphan Maud Flynn is adopted by three older ladies that insist she be their secret child. Maud can put up just fine being a secret for because she gets own room, and indoor plumbing, and many other luxuries she never had at the Barbary Asylum. Soon she finds out her roll in the house is to help con people out of their money by aiding Hyacinth with phony seances. How long can she fight her conscience to keep her new life?

This book is set in the early 20th century and shows an interesting view of life in that time. It's a fun story and full of imagination. Once you start it's hard to turn it off.

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Peek behind the scenes of my new website

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:57:00 +0000

Hi all,
I've been working away on my plans for the new website that I am building and I wanted to share a bit of it with you. Above you can see a sketch for my new town which will be featured on the website. I hope it will be a place mostly for kids with fun things to download and how to draw movies. I'll also be able to share more about me and my books.

I'll post some more sketches for the site below in hopes you'll get a little excited about it.

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