Color is something we don't realize how important it is until we try painting something complex. Old masters valued color a lot back then as there was under 20 pigments that existed during that time so the usage was very limited. During the impressionism time period new pigments started to appear so those artists decided to use them to their advantage. Now days, we have art we can do on the computer something you would think artists today would use to their advantage. The question to ask yourself is rather or not you use this expansive art technology to do just that? Before you hop into depths of color, value, and lighting you must first understand basic information about them then build up from there. First thing to go over is why we see color to begin with. Why we see color?The different wavelengths within the visible region are responsible for the different colors we see. The acronym "ROYGBIV" helps us to remember the colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Note that these are in reverse order on the figure below. Violet is the most energetic color and red is the least. Then why do objects have color? Colored objects look the way they do because of reflected light. When sunlight is shined on a green leaf, the violet, red and orange wavelengths are absorbed. The reflected wavelengths appear green. How does this apply to art?To understand this then you will begin to understand there are things called absolutes in colors. These are pure grey,black, and white. They don't exist.... We may see colors that represent themselves to be these colors but in reality they are really some other color that is numbed down or mixed to hell. Should we use these colors in our work if they never truly existed? What does that mean for the other colors?
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Some Notes: Feet are a little more complex than what we give them credit for. They are easy not to draw often because we have socks, shoes, and other means to cover them up. You want to really pay attention to the toe angles in which they are facing so that way they look tucked together like a normal foot vs all spread. Toe nails are little more tricky because they for one foot each nail is not like the other. Feet are generally 1 and 1/3s of hand size which hand proportion size is about right size to spread your hand over your face to cover most of it. No you do not have cancer, don't fall for it! (it's a joke)
Leg is generally a nice gentle way of putting things, it is highly important that you note that there is also the knee cap, the area in which the legs connect to basic pelvis, how the leg curve, ankles, and connect to feet (not to mention the ass and private part area too !).
Legs are a big of an odd man out of the anatomy because their job is to look curvy and stiff. They are holding weight of everything you do so they are normally more structured and might have muscles more visible compared to other areas on an average joe who doesn't exercise. Your legs are actually the strongest area on your body it's why if you lift something they say, lift with your legs not your back.
Some notes: In theory legs seem rather simple and every sense once you get down the S shape of them. Really, they are simple until you do different poses like camera looking up at a hero from the ground. These things make legs harder and harder. It's something even after a lot of practice you still find times where your legs look horrible and not correct. Referencing is great for legs but it can be hard once you realize it is like arms, where the legs plus feet can do so much that it ends up making a lot of options. You don't really need to memorize the muscles or bones, just understand a general sense to them I will also mention, knees will be the bane to your existence when drawing any leg poses with some complexity. Remember the slight curves, legs are petite curves! Though men... they have some muscle structure that is more noticeable. If you compare female vs male legs you will see this clearly.
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