what does painting mean

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+# How To Create Illusion Of Volume And Reality
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+In this unit, we will study the theory behind a painting. We will cover all the mechanics that will allow us to create the illusion of reality through our paintings. I will explain the definition of painting and why any aspiring painter needs to have a proper understanding of drawing, values, and lighting.
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+## What Does Painting Mean?
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+To me, it is about translating volumes, light and colors into a flat 2D suface. 
+
+### The 4 Pillars of Visual Arts
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+1. Drawing (translating 3D Reality To A 2D Illusion)
+2. Painting (translating volumes, but with painting we also translate light and color)
+3. Design (creation of shapes)
+4. Compostion/Narrative
+
+### Painting
+
+Translating volumes, light and colors into a flat illusion of shades.
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+**Shades:** Different tones of grays
+**Colors:** Different tones of colors
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+When we paint an environment, we understand the **volumes**, we understand what are the **shapes** we are painting. Then we are gonna use **shades of values** (darks, medium tones, clear tones, bright tones), and we'll use **different colors** also. And the understanding of how to combine them in a meaningful way will give us the ability to translate reality into a flat illusion.
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+Just by the **juxtapostion** of different shades, we will be able to create the illusion that there is actually volume within the image we are creating.
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+To do this translation, we have to focus on three steps to learn how to draw and how to paint:
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+1. Observation
+2. Techniques
+3. Practice
+
+### Observation
+
+Look things in detail, how color works, how light works, how shadows are spread apart. It's really the basis of painting to start and observe in a different manner.
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+### Techniques
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+How painting works on a technical level, how to ues a brush, how to combine colors, how to create volume. All of these **how to's** we are gonna explore and explain them.
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+### Practice
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+We are gonna have to practice, we are gonna be a life long student because paiting is something that can never be mastered. You learn through practice and repetition.
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+In this course we are gonna be learning three main things:
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+1. Simulate Volume (with just a little amount of tones and shades)
+2. Mimic Light (simulate the volumes with light, just by, once again, juxtaposing different tones one next to another)
+3. Translate colors and Sensations (which is something really hard to handle, but which is we can really understand through practice observation and techniques)
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+Painting is not a direct translation of reality into painting, it's also how to grab reality and represent it in a really personal manner.