This ist episode of The Flintstones is a really handsome cartoon. It didn't cost a lot of money, but it was done very thoughtfully and tastefully.
The main colors are natural. No rainbows of pink purple and lime green.
The palette of "The Swimming Pool" is 2 main colors:Subdued greens and
Gray.
The greys are used to separate 2 different tones of greens.
The rocks and house in the BG below are greys and blacks. They separate the two colors of the sky and grass, which themselves are related colors.
1) SKY: The greens in the sky are light olive greens
2)GRASS: The greens in the grass and plants are a mixture of greyed greens, middle greens and blue greens
The rest of the colors are subtley tinted and shaded variations of the main colors.In small areas, brighter colors are used to accent and enrich the basic color schemes-flowers, trees, etc.
Art and Monte use great technique with brushes and sponges to make the simple color schemes look really deep, rich and natural.
Every area of sponge and brush storke is carefully designed. It's not a messy mish mash of unorganized detail.
On this cave wall you can see where Art cut friskets in bold shapes that help emphasize the rounded shape of the house.The shapes are cartoony and stylized but not random or wonky. They establish the forms of the larger areas they help describe.
The blue accents of the leaves are done with watered down color, so that the sky color blends with the blue to make it not jump out at you.
This harmonizes the colors and keeps them in a family.
This Mermaid image has no color thought at all. None of the colors are organic or related and nothing in the picture holds together. The girl looks like a bunch of disconnected pieces of flat shapes instead of a living creature.The artist just poured the colors straight out of the tubes. That's not a process of choosing. Anybody can do that. That's what crayons are for.
This below is a lot more interesting and fun to look at. At least to me.
GRAYS CAN BE RICH
The depth of color in the walls comes from slight variations in value and hue in the shadows, textures and lines on the walls.
Note that there are less textured areas inbetween the more textured areas. This is all part of thoughtful composition and design. It's done artistically with good taste.If the rendering was carelessly done it would look messy and make it hard for you to see anything in the picture.Note that there are less textured areas inbetween the more textured areas. This is all part of composition and design. It's done artistically with good taste. If it was carelessly done it would look messy.
This scarecrow image has every possible amateuristic mistake all in one.Here are the same thoughtful color theories that Art Lozzi uses applied to a more detailed image.
You could have tons of details but bad choices of color and rendering and it wouldn't look so warm and natural and colorful as this.Details and long hours by themselves do nothing for art. Intelligent, creative choices make art.
LEARN ART'S TECHNIQUES
By the way, Art Lozzi is personally teaching Kali some tricks of the trade:
http://kalikazoo.blogspot.com/2007/06/painting-tips.html