In this case it is a long, narrow antique cabinet door painted golden that I am painting a floral on. I thought I would share with you how I go about choosing a colour palette. You may have your own ideas and I would love to hear about them. Joen Wolfrom's 3in1 Color Tool is shown in the photos.
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| Watercolour Painting - Clothesline Series: 'Kaslo Campground' is off to it's new owner!
A complementary colour scheme was used primarily here with much of the painting having a variety of greens along with the pop of the red here and there.
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| Antique cabinet door |
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| Identifying the colour. 23-5 on the orange-yellow colour swatch. It shows it having some white added to the pure colour. |
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| Complementary colour scheme. |
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Triadic Colour Scheme. Note the three colours that have the number 5. 25-5, 15-5, and 7-5. They all have white added to them. Wouldn't they be lovely in a quilt. Amounts of each colour? The 'daddy bear', 'momma bear', 'baby bear' guideline works for me. Have mostly one colour with a medium amount of another colour and a small amount of the last colour.
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| The Orange-yellow is central and for a harmonious colour scheme the colour on either side of it are added. 5 colours makes a nice combination so two others in succession could be added. |
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| Split complementary identifies the colour opposite on the colour wheel which is the central blue. Leaving it out, the 2 blues on either side could be included. |
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This is the colour scheme I have choosen, a harmonious run of 6 colours that are side by side on the colour wheel. Note that the yellow and chartreuse, when black or grey is added, give a variety of greens.
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| Can you see the new green-gold tube of Golden's acrylic paint? I can't wait to try it! |
5 comments:
Very clear post, Eileen, and I love the photos with the explanation. And you're going to LOVE that green gold...I can't get enough of it!
I love the 3 bears description....I will for sure put that in my "colour toolbox"!
Thank You!
What a wonderful watercolor! You are so organized with your Color approach. I have the tools and think they're great, and that I must use them. Then when I go to do a project, I forget all about it and do my own thing, and not always to the best results.
I work most often by tuition with my knowledge working in the background. You know how that goes.
Congratulations on your sale Wileen!
I like to make these strips with my paint colours. You've reminded me that I need to do so again adding my new colour tubes.
I can't wait to see the finished door!
Beautiful Eileen and as Laura and Holly said, so clear in describing your process.
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