Learning color by doing block studies sounds simple, but it is one of the basic skills an artist needs and is often the one that is the most neglected. Many beginners use either too much garish color, or go too far the other way and do not use enough color in their grays. The best color is somewhere in between and can produce a beautiful painting. I learned color indirectly from the two great mid-twentieth century color schools in the United States: the Henry Hensche and the Sergei Bongart schools. There is only one way to learn color and that