Orange and Cadmium Yellow Light chart.
I managed to get 2 charts finished tonight. Little by little I'm getting more comfortable handling the oils and keeping my brush clean. I'm moving across my colors from left to right, since I did Alizarin Crimson for my last chart I started with my orange mix:
I got a little sloppy and didn't stay in the edges of the box but I keep telling myself that it's the mixing and color that's important, not the edges. Because of my tendency to get frustrated with the learning process I don't want to put too much stress on the less important parts but on the critical point of the charts.
I'm also not sure I'm adding enough of the extra color into each of the regular colors. I've tried to find a good description of the process on the Internet but I haven't seen one with much detail. Right now my question is "how much" of the additional color should be added to the standard colors?
For instance, on my Alizarin Crimson chart. If I added a large amount of it to my Cadmium Yellow Light it would basically become my Orange. Granted, on that chart my Orange would be a half-way point between Orange and Alizarin Crimson. So far I've only added a tiny amount of the extra color to just slightly adjust it's hue and value, do I need more?
I guess I'll continue with this process until I find out otherwise. I'm still learning and getting value out of it and I can also do it again if I want.
My second chart of today was for my Cadmium Yellow Light mixtures. I really like this color, it's so bright and clean but the problem is trying to get 5 different values of a color and is very light to begin with. I don't think I did as great but once again, it produced some very nice colors:
I especially loved some of the greens and blues it made. It's hard to see in the photograph but there is a very nice tint of green to some of the blues.
I'm not past the 1/2 way point with my color charts, I'm hoping to finish these in the next day or two and then I'll start on some simple and small still lifes to have fun and actually create something.
**James.
I got a little sloppy and didn't stay in the edges of the box but I keep telling myself that it's the mixing and color that's important, not the edges. Because of my tendency to get frustrated with the learning process I don't want to put too much stress on the less important parts but on the critical point of the charts.
I'm also not sure I'm adding enough of the extra color into each of the regular colors. I've tried to find a good description of the process on the Internet but I haven't seen one with much detail. Right now my question is "how much" of the additional color should be added to the standard colors?
For instance, on my Alizarin Crimson chart. If I added a large amount of it to my Cadmium Yellow Light it would basically become my Orange. Granted, on that chart my Orange would be a half-way point between Orange and Alizarin Crimson. So far I've only added a tiny amount of the extra color to just slightly adjust it's hue and value, do I need more?
I guess I'll continue with this process until I find out otherwise. I'm still learning and getting value out of it and I can also do it again if I want.
My second chart of today was for my Cadmium Yellow Light mixtures. I really like this color, it's so bright and clean but the problem is trying to get 5 different values of a color and is very light to begin with. I don't think I did as great but once again, it produced some very nice colors:
I especially loved some of the greens and blues it made. It's hard to see in the photograph but there is a very nice tint of green to some of the blues.
I'm not past the 1/2 way point with my color charts, I'm hoping to finish these in the next day or two and then I'll start on some simple and small still lifes to have fun and actually create something.
**James.
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