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Are you confused by all the choices of available colors? Here's the simplici- ty of it. The primary colors, red, blue and yellow can be mixed to make secondary col- ors: red and blue make pur- ple; blue and yellow make green; yellow and red make orange. You may already know that. Did you know each of those primary colors can be separated into warm and cool? That gives you a warm, cool and primary red. A warm, cool and primary blue. A warm, cool and primary yellow. That's nine colors from six tubes! Warm colors include: CADMIUM RED LIGHT or WINSOR RED, CERULEAN BLUE, CADMIUM YELLOW MEDIUM or NEW GAM- BOGE. Cool colors include: ALIZARIN CRIMSON or QUINOCRODONE VIO- LET, ULTRAMARINE BLUE, AUREOLIN YEL- LOW. The warm and cool the- ory is especially useful for mixing the numerous col- ors of green. How many times have you tried to match a green without suc- cess? Any yellow and any blue won't give you the green you're looking for. I recommend making a chart on a surface, compatible with your medium, of 8 squares or circles across the surface with a pencil, leav- ing a space to write the col- ors you used underneath for future reference. This is a recipe card for mixing greens so hang onto it. Keep track of what colors to use by first penciling in the names of the colors by a square or circle, and then mix each one at a time. A warm blue with a warm yel- low for a bright spring green and transfer it to the paper in the spot reserved for that blend. Now a warm blue and a cool yellow for a grass green. Try a cool blue with a warm yel- low next. Then, mix a cool blue with a cool yellow for a deep green. You should have four different greens by now. Adding some of the warm and cool reds to each of these greens will give you olive tones. Adjust the amounts of each color to find the final shade you are looking for. Remember that with water- colors, they dry shades lighter and may need a sec- ond coat to build up inten- sity. Neutrals and browns are made by mixing opposites together, a primary and a secondary such as red and green; blue and orange; and yellow and purple. Use a neutral background to make a bright color really pop out. The color white is used in oils and acrylics, howev- er in watercolors, white is the paper left unpainted. This can be done by using a liquid masking fluid to cover the white paper prior to painting or carefully avoiding the area to be left white. Black paint can look unnatural so black is mixed from other colors making it more interesting. Try dif- ferent combinations of the reds with ULTRAMA- RINE BLUE and NEW GAMBOGE for a nice dark color to use as black. These directions are best demonstrated with the aid of a visual color wheel. However, with some exper- imentation you will suc- ceed. Dana Eker is a watercolorist living in Red Bluff. She is a member of the Red Bluff Art Gallery, with artwork displayed around town. E-mail Dana a t danaeker@hotmail.com. You may view her work at http://www.cafepress.com/ pondperfect and http://redbluffartgallery.co m/dana_eker.htm. Linda Yamas is Red Bluff Art Association Artist of the Month for January. She specializes in animal and people por- traits. "Linda has a unique talent," said Kathy Brehm, president of RBAA. "She is quiet but impressive. Her work is wonderful." Born Linda Fetterly in Michigan, she is one of four children. The entire family were enamored of animals. Living in the country, they had dogs, cats, chickens, hamsters, fish, horses and a pet rat. "I spent most of my childhood making har- nesses and bridles out of twine so I could have my horses pull me in a wagon or sled," she said. At age 13 her family moved to Arizona and again lived far from the city. The desert proved perfect for riding. After high school and Jr. Col- lege she decided to take an art class. She traveled by motorcycle and on the way to her second class all of her art supplies fell off in the middle of the highway and were run over. That was the end of her art classes because she could not afford to replace the supplies. She worked at the Uni- versity of Arizona Med- ical Center as a medical secretary. She started traveling and worked at Yellowstone National Park for a summer and then hitchhiked around Europe-Germany at a mil- itary base for six months, then returned to the U.S., living in Arizona, Ver- mont and Colorado. In 1975 Yamas moved to California, working in a hospital in the Bay Area. She married and has three daughters and a granddaughter. In 2006 she moved to Red Bluff because she wanted to live in the country again where she could have ani- mals. Once her children were all adults, she went back to her art and took classes in drawing, form and composition. "I was hooked," she said. "Even though the classes I took were still life, I knew I wanted to draw animal and human portraits." Her great grandmother was an artist in many mediums. Yamas said she thought her sister had inherited all the talent so Yamas was pleasantly surprised to find her niche in drawing. Living in the Bay Area, she joined the Burlingame Art Asssocia- tion and entered competi- tions, winning first and second place prizes. When she moved to Red Bluff, she entered the Tehama County Fair and again took first and sec- ond place ribbons. One early inspiration was Rosa Bonheur's horse drawings. Yamas has been drawing for about six years, doing pencil and now colored pencil and pastels. She belongs to the Pencil Stubs and the for a year. She worked in Allegres Pastelist groups of RBAA. "Red Bluff is such a beautiful area, so quiet and peaceful," Yamas said. "I plan to stay here. I have been fortunate to meet wonderful people at St. Elizabeth's volunteer organization and the RBAA that I know will be my lifelong friends." Those interested in learning more about the RBAA may call Brehm at 529-0175. 4A – Daily News – Thursday, January 14, 2010 N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY www.statetheatreredbluff.com All Seats $5 State Theatre, 333 Oak Street, Red Bluff State Theatre Presents... "The Magic of Movies" (Screenings made possible by a donation from Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson) Published through a co- sponsorship agreement with the F r i d a y , J a n u a r y 1 5 , 2 0 1 0 7 : 0 0 p . m . In the lobby: big Tehama County Mentoring Program celebrates National Mentoring Month. The event is a benefit to support mentoring activities. Pastimes Arts & entertainment Yamas named Artist of the Month Linda Yamas Mixing color Dana Eker Beginner's Easel The Man in Black — Johnny Cash Tribute A Johnny Cash tribute show featuring James Gar- ner delivers the man in black's music with convic- tion, accuracy, sincerity and honesty, and it's com- ing to the State Theatre in Red Bluff at 7:30 p.m. Sat- urday, Jan. 23. Garner not only takes his audience through a musical journey of Cash's biggest hits, but also on an expedition of his legendary life. Garner recounts the stories of Cash's child- hood, entrance into the music business and the highs and lows Cash expe- rienced in a career that spanned 48 years. Most importantly, audience members will find them- selves tapping their toes and singing along with the train-like rhythm that became synonymous with the songs of Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Three. The band is comprised of Rick Duncan on bass, Steve Hutton on drums, both of Lodi, and Denny Colleret of Vacaville on guitar. Garner is not a Johnny Cash impersonator, his musical tribute will remind audiences of the energy, power, and excitement that graced the stage every night Cash walked out and said, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." The show is committed to presenting Cash's music with the original "Boom- Chicka-Boom" sound pio- neered by Johnny Cash, Luther Perkins and Mar- shall Grant in 1954. Audi- ence members will hear music from Cash's early days with the Sun Record Company to his latest work on Rick Rubin's American Recordings label. Tickets are $15 general admission $8 for seniors and students and available at Fran's Hallmark, Act II and Sky River Music. Pur- chase tickets online at statetheatreredbluff.com. This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and a Cali- fornia Department of Jus- tice Music Presenting Grant awarded to State Theatre For The Arts, a non-profit organization, that is dedicated to provid- ing Tehama County with quality entertainment in a Community Arts Center located in historic down- town Red Bluff. For more information about the State Theatre, call 529-2787 or visit on- line at www.StateTheatr- eRedBluff.com. Laxson Auditorium will resound with the thunder of 16 keyboards and 48 child pianists playing at the same time. Two hundred children have auditioned from all over the North Valley and are ready to entertain. The Butte County Branch Music Teachers' Association of California 10th annual Monster Piano Concert will be presented at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at Cali- fornia State University, Chico. The staff is Dustin Breshears, producer and MTAC pres- ident, Glenna Battson, music director and conductor, Marci Pittman, computer services, and Becky Snow, student ser- vices. Tickets are on sale at the University Box Office for $12 and $14 at the door. Monster Piano Concert