These exercises open me to color. Not so much my brighter mixes... I am attracted to subdued colors and all their subtle variations. I get the urge to paint "something", not just my little three quarter inch squares, but I will continue to put my time into daily exercises. Soon enough I will be shifting focus--the water color course is due up in a month or so, leaving me just enough time to complete the book's fifty exercises.But isn't this enough to do? Well... You know how it is... I've just become a bit interested in Paleolithic art--cave painting. Look at those wonderful earth tones. Truly earth tones. I'd love to learn to mimic the look. I suspect my library will soon be growing. But for now, I'm digging up web resources.
Your greys and neutrals here would do credit to a rose-garden! I think the red/orange coincidence comes through strongly. Again, though, mixing pale pinks using complementaries is such a success; they look utterly natural flower/fruit colours. Mulberries and dandelions, anyone?
ReplyDeleteI continue to be completely amazed by the range of colors available from six pigments. I appreciate your comparisons to natural objects. I am experiencing moments when I see a color or combinations thereof that I now "know" as a result of these exercises. A new way of seeing is becoming available to me.
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