Gamblin Artists and painters everywhere are exploring techniques of previous generations of oil painters and trying them out with contemporary materials. Robert Gamblin introduces the Radiant Colors . Eight tints - mixtures of pure color and white,at Value 7 on the Munsell System. Using these Radiant tints, painters can build under paintings in the traditional manner then glazing to achieve optical effects of light and shade. Using tints, painters can make the brightest paintings.
Light hits the painting and most of the light bounces directly off the surface.
This is a traditional form of direct painting. Using shade, painters can make deep, luminous paintings and use white and tints for accents. Light is captured in the paint layers so the layers glow. Using tone, painters can build paintings by value of pure light tints and grey. Then, diluting his oil paints, he layered transparent glazes, mixtures of pure color and black - shade, to enhance the sense of depth.