Scott Naismith

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Desaturate with opposite colour.

When we are talking about paint we are talking about subtractive colour not additive colour

Additive colour RGB Are the colours of light which are red green and blue

Subtractive colour are the colours of paint and ink 

A primary colour is a colour that cannot be mixed.

CYMK these are the new primary colours !!

CYAN.  Yellow MAGENTA and black 

When all these three colours are mixed as in overlapping we get black

Scott‘s new colour wheel is important for mixing bright secondaries with the correct primaries

The magenta options are permanent magenta   Quinacridone red    rose lake    permanent rose. and alizarin crimson

Cyan options are transparent cyan /  cerulein blue or manganese blue

 Painting skies

Vary your edges

Use chromatic Greys not Black + white

Atmospheric Perspective in the sky

Overuse of white paint

Ball and chain effect from using photos

Use a big big brush

                    Scott’s  Primary colours

 Cyan.  Magenta.   Yellow

The importance of a vivid colour study - 3 methods

     1 Use of a simple orange base coat  - an even coat of orange and yellow which will show through in some of the painting

The More transparent oil paint over that base and the gaps left as we paint over the base will make for vivid unified colour

2  Limit your choice of paints    Magenta   Yellow  and cyan

If you use cobalt blue in the sky - use at least some cobalt blue in the mix for the sea - to achieve unity

If you are using a cadmium Orange then use also to desaturate your blues

3 Glazing      Translucent semi transparent layer over the paint

= an optical mix.   If you glaze Yellow over cyan you will see that as a green. Glazing unifies.

Painting undercoat in acrylic allows oils to  go over smoothly

This he painted in very bright warm yellows oranges and reds

COLOUR THEORY - BALANCE AND HARMONY