In the afternoon learnt about colour mixing in oils using restricted colours to avoid muddiness and allowing colours to mix on the paper. Its a really exciting idea and i now want to test it with variations on whites and greys. The body i did worked better. The idea is take only 3 colours (not primary, not too many earthy, not too similar, but strong and bright colours good). Mix them to produce 7 colours, then add white to half of each of these 7 to produce lighter version and end up with 14 colours. Because only started with 3 colours, means all the colours are related so will not turn muddy. This rule applies to pastels because they all contain white so work well together.
Notes done in class:
True primary colours are Magenta, Cyan, Yellow (some paint ranges have these and of course are used on computers) and their secondaries are red, blue, green.
Computer colours are additive, ie add them all together and u eventually get white.
Painting colours are subtractive, ie they add up to black.
Harmony in colour
1. Analogue - start with one colour, add another to make new, add another to make next etc. these next to each other should harmonise.
2. Complimentary - opposite on colour wheel. Look vibrant agsinst each other, eg red and green.
This class sounds really interesting. you use the same theories in quilt making, ie using complimentary colours to make your quilt more dynamic or analogous colours to make it more harmonious. Theses theories work with fabric, it is fascinating. I'd love to do a class like this.
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