PRELIMINARY COLOR STUDIES

A great tool for planning your next painting! Begin with a simplified mixing chart in COOL primaries, as demonstrated here.

 
 

Demo of making a color chart of COOL Primaries: Alizarin, Ultramarine Blue and Lemon Yellow.

Demo of making a color preliminary using only 3 “cool” primaries: Alizarin, Ultramarine Blue and Lemon Yellow.

PART TWO of Color Preliminary demo

PART THREE of Color Preliminary demo

Color Charts.jpeg

WARM primary chart on top, using Cad. Red Med., Phthalo Blue, and Cad. Yellow Med.

COOL primary chart on bottom using Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue and Lemon Yellow

Warm primary chart on LEFT, with warm dominate painting example on top.Cool primary chart on RIGHT, with cool dominate painting example on bottom.

Warm primary chart on LEFT, with warm dominate painting example on top.

Cool primary chart on RIGHT, with cool dominate painting example on bottom.