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'Choosing'-a
colour scheme for a new painting is a little
tricky, but you must have a plan first,
then go from there. Buy the outfit, then choose the
shoes and purse! let Mother Nature guide you in your
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One of the
best ways to help develop the Focal Point area of a
painting is to think in terms of opposites. In trying to
make this area stand out from the rest, it must be
different. The Focal Point area is usually predominately
opposite in temperature to the background of the
painting. If the background is predominately cool, then
the Focal Point will be established using hues that are
warm or warmer than the rest! The Focal point should
contrast the background, this contrast will fully
establish it from the rest of the painting.
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Hue - The
hues or colours that are selected for the Focal Point
area must be
thought out within a set plan. As one selects the
overall colour scheme for the painting, one must
consider if these colours that are chosen for the focal
point, when used in a different form, i.e. toned, dulled
etc. Will they help to create the flow that is required
to establish the harmony and balance within the painting
as a whole. And more important, can they be used? If
blue is a colour that could possibly be used within the
Focal Point, could you use it again somewhere else,
either on another element or part of an element?
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Value - the
values of colours (how light or dark) they are, will be
strongest in the focal point, any colour that is used in
this area will have it's darkest values, along with the
lightest used in this area. If one uses these here, they
cannot be used at the same level of contrast outside
this range. Reason.... if used in the same equal value,
it will not only create distracting areas, but they will
compete with the Focal Point.
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How to
'Brush Mix' ?
This is a simple technique and one of my favorite
methods for mixing and blending color. When one uses the
bristles of the brush to pick up two colors at the same
time and blend them together on your blending palette.
Instead of mixing one large puddle of paint with the
palette knife, think of it as mixing tiny patches of
color.
Follow this procedure when you need to use just a little
at a time to adjust an area of an object or the
painting. Brush mixing does not refer to using your
brush as a tool to stir large amounts of paint together
into one color. Students often misunderstand this term,
'brush mix' and end up ruining a perfectly good brush
this way. Brush mixing is a gentle manipulation of two
or more colors, blending them into the brush to create a
third hue.
I prefer to brush mix almost all my colors, that is to
say, instead of having huge puddles of pre-mixed colors
on the palette, I like to have fresh paint sitting on my
wet palette. I pick up a little at a time, selecting the
particular hue to control the value and intensity of the
color on my brush. I might load my brush with two or
three colors and then blend on my palette before moving
to back to the painting. This can give your work a more
'painterly appearance' as opposed to a stiffer look. It
is easier for me to correct one single brush blend than
a whole puddle of one mixture that has gone wrong! If
you are new to color theory, brush mixing can teach you
quite a lot as you make mini discoveries about each
color that you create.
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We need to
prioritize the players and elements in a painting, each
one telling a story that is part of the whole. We need
to have them add to the whole story, each in their own
way, not out doing each other or over shadowing each
other. No one player stands alone, their characters are
all interwoven and play off each other to make the story
believable and successful. Each player will have a role
to play, will have to support and enhance the other, yet
still suggest contrast, and variety, and just like the
players in a movie, they will add texture and interest.
All the elements within a painting do the very same
thing, they add interest and texture, all the while
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Intensity -
The intensity of colours used (how dull or bright) they
are, again will be the strongest in the Focal Point
area. It's useful to include both dull and vibrant
colours within this area, as one against the other will
help to create the visual contrast that is necessary to
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