AIM
Here is an exercise to explore a richer palette of strong, warm colours. Darker skin tones are a great place to start if you want to use more saturated colour. With less pastel tints, colours will have a chance to spark to life.
MATERIALS
For both of the exercises in this feature, I painted on a 61x76cm canvas using Daler-Rowney System 3 flat brushes, ranging in size from one to two inches.
My palette of Amsterdam acrylic paints included Titanium White, Azo Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Azo Orange, Pyrrole Red, Primary Magenta, Yellow Green, King’s Blue, Cobalt Blue, Primary Cyan, Prussian Blue, Ultramarine Violet and Permanent Blue Violet.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
By building with solid, flat-brush strokes, using darker tones and balancing complementary colours, you will…
