When you see all the beautiful colors in oil paints you will tempted to purchase one of each kind. Colors establish a mood, are believed to be more enticing to see, and more effective. It has been my experience that people believe the more color in artwork the better you are. Michelangelo was a great color theorist. He explored in depth a diverse approach to color. He was well aware of the balance needed when creating some of his master pieces. When he painted his figures he made us believe that the figures could possibly come alive and start to speak to us.
There is no exact way in painting with colors. No two artist approach it the same. My philosophy is to only allow yourself to start with no more then 3 to five colors. I encourage you to work with the three primary colors, RED - BLUE - YELLOW! This will allow for a full pallet. You will be able to create the Secondary colors from the primary colors, GREEN, ORANGE, and PURPLE! White and Black are a given.
Some suggestions......
* Less is more. The more color you have in a painting the more confusing it can be to visually interpret the oil painting!
* Select colors that are appropriate to the subject matter!
Black and White are a given!
* Yellow will always brighten up an area in your painting while White will always dull out an area!
* Start with a painters chart for practice so you can learn about the diversity in painting. An example of a painters chart will be given at a future date.
*When beginning painting do not hesitate in being experimental. Artwork is learned through trial and error. The beauty of painting is you can always go back to your painting to add additional paint. This is the biggest advantage with oils.
* Use complimentary values when painting various hues.
This happens to be a recent still life I created with watercolors on paper. Note there are only four colors in the painting, yet it appears to use a full color pallet.
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