Colours and music, in fact, seem to rule my life, making me also a bit of a colourful character. However, colour features strongly in painting to reflect the mood you are trying to create. The heat within, or even the cold. It certainly makes a difference to your interpretation.
Colour affects us all, in any number of ways and we probably all favour certain colours, which please our senses. Sometimes too, accordingly, you can create the illusion of a feeling of space.
Even our homes are pretty colourful now. As an example, if you want a restful, cool area, what colours should you choose? Personally, my choices would probably be a mint green, pale blue or lilac.
If you are an emotional person like myself, you will love using all the brightest mixes of reds, gorgeous oranges and glowing yellows and golds to obtain intense vibrancy. This can evoke the feeling of heat to your art. Making your art interesting to the eye.
Vlaminck's artwork was fantastic. We all have mood swings and sayings to reflect this. Yes, we have all been feeling blue at some stage, and yes, we have all heard these well known words. Your art can also benefit from complementary colours. Here the colours change simply by what colour you place next to them.
We all like different colours and also like to experiment with new ones. Make sure that you always have a white to mix colours and build up your shades from. Then, of course, some colours are permanent. Black, you will find, can block out colour. If you want to make shadows, shades of brown, whites or greys.
Very popular today amongst artists is Paynes grey, which is a mix available in the shops, absolutely ideal for water colours. The combination of colours being Mars Black, Yellow Ochre and Ultramarine Blue. It is also often mixed by artists themselves on their palettes, as it is a very versatile shade to work with..
Yes, colour is vital for artists the world over. It feeds their imagination.
If you know about the Primary Colours and The Colour Wheel you are already half way there with your colour mixing. If you haven't already got one, there are plenty explained in art shops and art books.
Colouring plays a vital part of your work, hence the make or break! Being drawn to different colours makes artists work more enjoyable to look at, as we all appreciate change and having another slant on something. Changing moods you have will be reflected in your work. Take as an example you have had a really bad day at work, you may take the misery out, in to your painting. Therefore it is likely to be dark colours used like blacks, browns, greys, mainly dark shades, at least this would be my choice.
I admit that I prefer brighter shades! Thank goodness that we all have different colour choices and use them to advantage for our type of art! Remember too, using white with just one colour would work very well, it doesn't have to reflect a miserable feeling.
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If you want to read more "How To" articles about art, then just visit the online art community of contemporary artist Anna Meenaghan. Anna, the author for this article, is a contemporary painter of many years, vast experience and runs a website for artists and art enthusiasts alike. There you can find more articles and also my own art, M. Bruckner
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