Before any trip and often with the change of seasons, I love to review my palettes to refresh and update them.
I may try new colors or give myself small projects, such as making a reportage of my home before moving out…
If you spend any time with watercolourists, you’ll very soon start hearing that you can’t do this or that (you can’t add gouache or you’re not a “real watercolorist”, a “real watercolorist doesn’t use white and black… etcetera…), some artists who insist that you should only use single pigment colors. At the same time, others will swear by common mixed paints such as Payne’s Grey or Neutral Tint. What’s the deal?
I think you can just do what you like and use the colors YOU find beautiful.
In this class I explore my color palette.
I received a lot of questions from people just wanting to know my color palette and how I use it…
So after a short explanation I’ll give you about pigments, we’ll dive into playing with them. Because it’s by playing in your sketchbook with YOUR favorite colors, that you’ll improve your skills and that you’ll find your unique style.
You’ll learn
- Some facts about colors and pigments, but not too much…
- My way of seeing and painting a subject and my use of color
- How to get textures by trying out different ways of color application
- How to use colors and values to create depth and volumes in a painting
- How to use color to attract the eye to your focal point
