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| Composite of art journal sketches from Plein air September 2014 |
The Wilson Street Studio palette included the following transparent colours:
- Hansa Yellow Medium PY73 WARM
- Napthol Red Light PR9 WARM
- Quinacridone Magenta PR122 COOL
- Indanthrene Blue PB60 WARM
- Phthalo Blue green shade PB15 COOL
- Burnt Umber PBr7 WARM
- Phthalo Green yellow shade PG36 COOL
- Titanium White
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| The "new" Liquitex heavy body palette, my "old" Winsor and Newton palette and the "Real Color Wheel" |
You can read more about the "New, practical, artist's colour theory"
at the Wilson Street Studio blog
for an explanation on the Real Color Wheel (RCG)
Major Lesson #1: You can't mix the perfect colour
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| The blue square in the red picture is the same colour as the red square in the green picture. Courtesy of James Gurney. |
The surrounding colours trick the human eye
into incorrect interpretation of colour.
into incorrect interpretation of colour.
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| Pieces A/B/C are the same colour. |
Major Lesson #2: Learn to Master Your Greys
We experimented with three grey formulas: Titanium white added to:
Burnt Umber PBr7 + Indanthrene Blue PB60
Quinacridone Magenta PR122 + Phthalo Green yellow shade PG36
Napthol Red Light PR9 + Phthalo Green yellow shade PG36
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