ABOUT COLOR

Tertiary colors

- There are only three colors: Yellow, Red and Blue

- Almost all the colors we see in our environment are tertiary colors. They are a
mixture of these three colors (primaries) in different proportions.
That is why the Tertiary color palette helps us in the realistic approach to color.

The system

- When we observe reality we perceive and understand colors as part of a set,

never individually.
What differentiates a "conceptual" way of treating color in painting in the
"realistic" way, lies in the realization that each color acquires its identity in
comparison with the colors that surround it.
If we understand the image we see in reality as a system of internal relations, we
can understand that in recreating this system in painting are these internal
relationships that we have to maintain.
- In order to be able to compare the colors within the system in a coherent way, we
have to observe the whole image together, in unison. That's why we use small
formats.

The sensation of color

- Recreating the color sensation in the painting is not related to the amount of
colors we use. It is related to the color differences that we are able to perceive and
generate.
The differences between the main color planes are fundamental.

Color study

-Small size canvas to see the full image.

-Make the drawing schematic is useful for not distract us with details.
-We begin with a "thin" layer of linseed oil to facilitate the fluidity of the oil.
-Brush strokes need to be opaque enough to cover the bottom and with a single
specific color.
-We start on the white canvas by working the shadows, from the darkest to the
brightest. When we finish the shadows we start with the lights.

-"So we started comparing colors." If we remember that there are only three colors
(yellow, red and blue), no matter what the color from which we start the following
can only be:
A little more yellow or a little more red or a little more blue and
A little darker or a little lighter.

-We begin by approaching the correct color as much as we can but we must always
remember that:
"Until all our composition is covered and we have all the relationships established
in our painting we will not be able to readjust the color for sure."

Palette

Flake white - Winsor & Newton

Cadmium Yellow deep - Winsor & Newton
Yellow Ocher - Old Holland
Cadmium Red - Winsor & Newton
Transparent Oxide Red Lake - Old Holland
Alizarin Crimson - Winsor & Newton
Burnt Umber - Winsor & Newton
French Ultramarine - Winsor & Newton
Lamb Black - Winsor & Newton