marvinnuto

For my first trial painting with my brand new Winsor & Newton Gouache (designer set) I've decided to try out a triadic palette. The Palette: Yellow / Yellow Orange (Permanent Yellow Deep) Red / Violet Red (Primary Red + Ultramarine) Blue / Green Blue (Ultramarine + Permanent Yellow Deep) The set really lends itself to studying the colour wheel (mixing colours) due to all the primary colours that are included (only one premixed primary green Middle) and this palette is a great example. If you've ever tried to paint with a limited palette you will know how difficult it is to figure out where the which red is the red of the colour wheel. In this case, I started out by deciding on which colour would be my 'key' the colour that would stand out most, this was the yellow /yellow orange (a yellow that leans towards yellow-orange) as I wanted my flowers to pop. Although to be fair, the whole thing is pretty saturated 😂 You can view the painting here From there, it's simple to select 2