Colour Combos Can Make Or Break your Painting . . . by Anna Meenaghan
I know that I am a colourful character maybe because I am always surrounded by colour music. When you paint your colour choices are important. They help to bring about the mood you are trying to convey. These can completely change your painting giving the impression of heat or even a cold feel to them.
We are all charmed naturally to certain colours find they can have completely different ways of affecting others. Sometimes we use them to give us a feeling of more space.
The colours we choose in our own domains make or break the feel of our living space. Mostly people want a relaxed feel so are more likely to opt for pastel shades like blues mauves pale greens.
If you want the painting to jump out at you as it were well you need to choose vibrant colours which will intensify your work. Not only will they stir up emotions inside you but create the feeling of warmth strong heat in fact. So to let your emotions go wild I would use very bright yellows shades of orange glorious reds probably a touch of gold.
Vlaminck's artwork was fantastic. We all have mood swings sayings to reflect this. Yes we have all been feeling blue at some stage yes we have all heard these well known words. your art can also benefit from complementary colours. Here the colours change simply by what colour you place next to them.
We all like different colours also like to experhyment with new ones. Make sure that you always have a white to mix colours build up your shades from. Then of course some colours are permanent. Black you will find can block out colour. If you want to make shadows shades of brown whites or greys.
Payne's Grey is very useful colour to have. This is paint which has already been mixed. This being a mixture of Mars Black Ultramarine Blue Yellow Ochre. As a shade this is very popular being very versatile. I am sure that many artists would probably mix their own on their palettes. Artists alike find this is particularly good for watercolours.
So yes artists alike make their impact with colour. It gives them freedom.
We mix our colours in so many ways but it can assist you if you have a full knowledge of the Primary Colours the basic Colour Wheel. So I can only suggest you go to your local art supplier buy a Colour Wheel.
I have touched on mood swings related to colour in my article so now I intend to elaborate on this more fully. Certain colours can for instance bring a representation of say for example misery doom gloom. Now for me to achieve this I personally would use probably a mixture of black greys both dark or light definitely browns or a very dark blue or maroon shade.
This illustrates shades that would represent a feeling of gloom to your work although saying this it would depend then on the use of them. Just one of these colors could be used very effectively with white. So think on I am really only giving you this as an example to use
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