Craig Elliott is an artist based in Los Angeles, California. I met Craig at the San Diego Comic Con. We got to talking about his palette from his demo set up. The palette is a basic warm/cool split of the colors. Similar warm or cool colors can be swapped out to this list. The idea is that you are using opposites to push the values further but keeping things simple. The first order of business is value (light and dark), and next is wether that value's hue is cool or warm. This is maybe best described as an advanced limited palette.
- Viridian Green
- Chrome Green
- Sap Green
- Ultramarine Blue
- Lead White
- Ivory Black
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Burnt umber
- Raw Sienna
- Lemon Yellow
- Cadmium Yellow light
- Cadmium Yellow med
- Cadmium Red light
- Cadmium Red medium
- Cadmium Red dark
- Alizarin Crimson
My computer-savvy son, who studies art, showed me that at wahooart.com, we can browse through their big collection
ReplyDeleteof images from western art, to get some ideas for painting the wall in our music room.
I found that it was easier, time-saving and economical to order a big canvas print of an original painting from the site. I
ordered this famous La dance by French artist Henri Matisse, http://EN.WahooArt.com/A55A04/w.nsf/OPRA/BRUE-5ZKCN9. What a lovely blue.