Trying to only use a small palette.

[tayete]

I've had problems in the past using colours (well, still have). I thought that if the PC could bring me millions of colours, I should possibly use them.

Only now I have just started some "traditional" art classes, I seem to be getting close to the truth: you must only use some colours and mix them to obtain all your colours in the picture.

So, do you think this palette colours fit well ones with the others?


http://www.tayete.com/sketches/sky.jpg

[bat]

I really like the colour usage here and I am a fan of limited palettes. In my quite humble opinion, you have a great grasp of mixing colours.

On a sidenote, how is Madrid? I might risk it this summer and head over there and see Barcelona as well.


bat

[tayete]

Hi Bat!
Thanks for your comments!

About Madrid: It is not too different from other big cities as Paris, London, etc...in its modern part.
It has an old quarter (the "Madrid de los Austrias") developed in the XVI century when Spain was the greatest empire in the world, where the old houses and palaces remain. Narrow streets, three story buildings, and if you go by night it seems you'll find someone with a sword right past the corner.
If you love art there are some of the best museums in the world: the Prado (the best in XVI-XVIII fine art era), the Thyssen (the private collection of this family owned now by the Spanish people: great master works from Medieval Era till now) and the Reina Sofía (modern art only).
Barcelona is simply great. The whole city has a Modernist (early XX century) scent and some great museums. The Gaudí buildings are compulsory (Sagrada Familia, Parque Guell, la Pedrera...).
But I wouldn't narrow my visit to those places. Castilla-León (a province) has more COMPLETE castles than any other part in the world. And when I say complete, I mean COMPLETE. Huge fortresses with towers, bridges, water holes around it, etc... If you love Medieval Era, you MUST go there.
If you decide to come and need some concrete information, just write...

[bat]

Tayete!
You are most welcome for the compliment. I looked at your site and saw a lot of really impressive work there.
Thank you very kindly for the information on Madrid. My girlfriend is from Madrid, and goes to see her parents fairly regularly, and brings me awesome bits of art (well, I am a Metal Duro fan, so that explains what I consider awesome) from hard to find in the States artists.
I have visited a few large cities, either here in the US or around the Pacific Rim and Southeast Asia, and I am eager to wander over to Europe. I would like to visit the Prado very badly.


Take care,
bat

[The_Dude_Abidin]

The image is actually starting to look pretty cohesive. I have not seen anything else of yours but the sense of color is not bad. Another thing to remember however is that using computer you are using light, which is in actuallity an additive color theory while materials such as paint are subtractive. The two act differently because additive(light) the more you add the closer to white you get. In materials, the more you add the more you take away from the overall color > Anyway I just want to add that another thing you can try is to use a masters palette like rembrandt who only used seven colors but made them glow. Anyway good luck and its looking good

The Dude

[dbclemons]

There's an old style of painting using a layering of grey or monocromatic tones that is then built up with glazes in thin color layers. I think the French term for it is grisaille. Magazine illustrators would often use a limited palette, too, for limited color press reproductions. It's worth while to study their work to see how they solved that challenge.

_David