Ninja Art Tip #15 How Earth, Air, Fire, and Water Helps You Paint

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How can Earth, Air, Fire and Water help you create art? By keeping the elements in mind, you can take your painting to a whole new level! Watch the video below to learn what each element represents.

Now, after hearing that teaser, you can dive deeper into what each of these elements can do! We’ve learned that Earth and Air represent what is below and above. We know that colours have different temperatures, as represented by fire. And finally, water is representative of transparency.

To understand how to use this knowledge in your art, stay tuned for the next three Ninja Tips where we’ll dive into each of these elements individually.

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