Today there is very little space for the painting to take place. It is good to walk away sometimes and leave the process and image alone for a bit. I have come back with fresh eyes and can see the good again and know what to do with the areas that are not quite so good.
With surprise I look at my chosen colour palette.. there are only 7 colours used throughout. I have hundreds of colours but seem to reach for the same ones every time. While seemingly subconscious, this decision has made returning to a previous mixed colour very easy. This maybe the way most artist works! but I hadn’t even noticed I was doing it.
Flesh tint (awful colour in the raw)
Light green
Ochre yellow
Vermillion red
Mars black
Ultramarine
Titanium white.
I am sure there must be a theory as to which colours are the basis of all things in painting. If you know drop me a line…
