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Guides and writing for classical and realist artists.
How to Work From Reference With a Limited Palette
Learn what a limited palette is, why painters use one, and how to adapt a full-color reference to the paints you actually have. See how Lucida can help you preview, simplify, and compare color decisions before they turn into muddy mixtures.
Read →How to Do Value Studies Digitally (And Why It Makes You a Better Painter)
Learn how digital posterization works, which tools are most useful in the studio, and a practical workflow for better value studies. See how simplifying a reference can make the big light and shadow relationships much easier to judge.
Read →How to Use Posterize by Color to Simplify a Painting Reference
Learn what Posterize by Color does, when it is more useful than value posterization, and how to use it to understand the color structure of a subject. See how it can simplify a noisy reference into clearer, more usable color families for painting.
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